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GOPIO NEWS
SPECIAL BULLETIN
February 5, 2017
A Publication of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)
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| Issue: XV-4 | February 5, 2017 | |
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| GOPIO REQUESTS YOU TO SIGN UP THE APPEAL TO PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA TO ALLOW DIASPORA INDIANS AND PIO/OCI CARD HOLDERS TO DEPOSIT OR EXCHANGE DEMONETIZED NOTES |
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Subject: Need your immediate help in this signature campaign
Dear all:
Diaspora Indians with foreign citizenship and OCI/PIO card holders are being turned away by Reserve bank of India from depositing their demonetized currencies, although govt. had announced that it has extended the date for NRIs to deposit their currencies till June 30th, 2017. However, Diaspora Indians with foreign citizenship after standing outside the gate for several hours and when they reach the gate, they have been told that only NRIs with Indian passport can go inside. It is a major issue to be corrected. GOPIO has now taken up this issue and has sent this appeal to Hon. Prime Minister Modi.
Indians who left India to earn their living should not be deprived of their hard earned money because they could not come during the period, Nov. 8th to December 30th, 2016. GOPIO has started a signature campaign requesting Prime Minister to allows Diaspora Indians to exchange or deposit their demonetized notes. Please see the news items below.
GOPIO International Executive Council requests you to sign up this petition and forward this e-mail to your family members and friends (including in India) and request them to sign up and support this campaign. Please visit GOPIO website www.gopio.net and sign the petition at the link provided in the home page or click the link below:
Attached herewith, please find feedback from Diaspora Indians on this issue (Appeal to Prime Minister Modi and Feedback from those signed up). If you read some of the comments, Diaspora Indians are sadden and frustrated. India should not short change them and ignore their request. They are the most reliable and valuable people India has around the world to promote India's interest. They are not asking for any favor. They just want their hard earned money to be exchanged or deposited in their NRO account or deposit this amount at a bank such as the the State Bank of India which is not far away from their home in India. That is a fair request. We hope that GOI will heed to this request.
Thank you. Cordially, Dr. Thomas Abraham Niraj Baxi Chairman, GOPIO International President, GOPIO International
Photo above: People standing at the RBI Gate in New Delhi on January 10th, 2017
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| GOPIO LIFE MEMBERSHIP AND CHAPTER FORMATION | |
GOPIO is a non-partisan, non-sectarian global organization with chapters in several countries, actively promoting the interests of people of Indian origin worldwide by monitoring and addressing current critical issues of concern, and by enhancing cooperation and communication between groups of Indians living in various countries.
GOPIO Individual Life membership is open to all who believe in the mission of GOPIO. The one- time fee is $5,000 for Platinum Life Membership, $2,500 for Gold Life Membership and $1,500 Silver Life Membership and 2/3 of the amount for each category for those from developing countries and India.
GOPIO is looking forward to opening chapters in all major cities of the world, so as to network with people of Indian origin all over the world. If you do not have a chapter in your city, please visit the GOPIO website (www.gopio.net) and get details of chapter initiation (visit http://www.gopio.net/chapter_initiative.htm). This process involves sending a letter of intent to start a chapter by a committee of five people or more. For more information, contact:
GOPIO Chairman - Dr. Thomas Abraham, Stamford, Connecticut, USA, Tel: +1-203-329-8010, E-mail: gopio@optonline.net
GOPIO President - Niraj Baxi, San Jose, California, USA, Tel: 408-307-9845, E-mail: president@gopio.net
GOPIO Executive Vice President - Noel Lal, Sydney, Australia, Tel: +61 417448293, E-mail: evpgopio@gmail.com
GOPIO Vice President - Ram Gadhavi, Wayne, New Jersey, USA, Tel: +1-973-699-8582, E-mail: ram@gadhavi.net
Execuitve Trustee of GOPIO Foundation - Inder Singh, Tarzana, California, USA, Tel: +1-818-708-3885, E-mail: indersinghusa@gmail.com
GOPIO's Global Ambassador - Sunny Kulathakal, Bahrain, +973-39441956, India +91-9845756692, E-mail: kulathakal44@gmail.com
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Chief Editor: Dr. Thomas Abraham, Chairman, GOPIO International (Stamford, CT, USA), (Stamford, CT, USA)
Editor: Nami Kaur, GOPIO Media Council Chair (New York, USA)
Associate Editors: Layla Matthew (Bangalore, India), Ila Rosengarten (Denver, CO, USA) and Harry Walia (Australia)
Webmasters: Prashant Gupta (Hyderabad, India) and Abu Thomas (New Rochelle, NY, USA)
Contributors of this issue: Sunny Kulathakal (GOPIO's Global Ambassador and Convention Convener) and Shaji Baby John (International Coordinator for South Asia)
GOPIO NEWS welcomes NRI/PIO related stories from all over the world. Be a volunteer correspondent or reporter.
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