Budget 2019: NRIs To Get Aadhar Cards Upon Arrival In India

"We have decided to open Indian embassies and high commissions where India does not have diplomatic missions yet. We have approved 18 new Indian diplomatic missions in Africa," the FM said on Friday.

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New Delhi: In some god news for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed that those NRIs possessing Indian passports will be given Aadhar cards upon their arrival in India, scrapping the mandatory 180-day waiting period. "I propose to consider issuing Aadhar card for NRIs with Indian passports after their arrival in India without waiting for the mandatory 180 days," Sitharaman said while presenting the 2019-20 Union Budget in the Parliament. Sitharaman also announced that 18 new diplomatic missions will be opened in various locations across Africa. "We have decided to open Indian embassies and high commissions where India does not have diplomatic missions yet. We have approved 18 new Indian diplomatic missions in Africa," the FM said on Friday. "Five embassies have already been opened in Rwanda, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Guinea and Burkina Faso in 2018-19. The government intends to open 4 more embassies in the year 2019-20. This will not increase the footprint of India's overseas presence but also enable us to provide better public services to the local Indian communities," she added. (With additional information from ANI)