Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a raft of measures aimed at making it easier for non-residents Indians (NRI) visiting India, as he spoke to a large crowd of cheering people of Indian origin in New York’s Madison Square Garden. <br /><br />Modi said holders of Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cards will henceforth get lifetime Indian visas; NRIs who stay in India over a long period of time will no longer have to report regularly to police stations; and the PIO and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards will be merged into one in order to do away with difficulties arising from the differences in these cards.<br /><br /> In addition, US citizens will be granted long-term tourist visas and visas on arrival in India, he added. <br /><br />Elsewhere, during his over-one-hour-long speech, Modi borrowed a key phrase from Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream” speech. “I have a dream,” said Modi in Hindi. His dream, he said, was that in the 75th year of India’s independence, in 2022, every Indian family will have a house to live in.<br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
