97 Families Of Low Income Indians Died Of Covid Received 1 Lakh Financial Support

The Embassy of India, Kuwait organized Indian Community Welfare Fund day and Open House on Friday, August 20th at Embassy auditorium.

Indian Ambassador Shri Sibi George inaugurate the event in which Joint Secretary for Overseas Indian Affairs Shri Abbagani Ramu attended virtually and explained about Community Welfare funds.

Indian Community Welfare Fund, set up in 2009, is aimed at assisting Overseas Indian nationals in times of distress and emergency in the ‘most deserving cases’ on a ‘means tested basis’.

During his speech, ambassador briefed about the guidelines or utilizations of ICWF fund by the Embassy. The Fund is aimed at assisting Overseas Indian nationals in distress situations, boarding and lodging for deserving distressed Indian nationals abroad, Air passage to India to stranded Indians, legal assistance to deserving Indians who have committed minor crimes, offences or have been falsely implicated by their employer and put in jails; fishermen/seamen/sailors/Indian students in distress; legal/financial assistance to Indian women abandoned/ cheated / abused by their spouses.

It also provides for payment for small fines and penalties in respect of Indians for minor offences/crimes; for illegal stay in the host country where prima facie the worker is not at fault, and to enable release of Indian nationals from jail/detention center. Transportation of Mortal Remains and expenditure on incidentals of deceased Indian national to India or local cremation/burial of deceased in such cases where the employer, sponsor or insurance company is unable or unwilling to do so as per the contract and the family is unable to meet the cost. Emergency Medical Care on means tested basis to overseas Indians who are involved in an accident (with serious life threatening injuries) have life-threatening medical conditions or suffer a serious disability.

I want to ensure that all Indians in Kuwait are aware of the availability of this Fund for their welfare, Ambassador said. “It is your Fund. And I am proud to say that I have been able to use this Fund for the benefit of our brothers and sisters in need during my last one year stay in Kuwait,” Ambassador said.

Embassy set up a three-member committee to study each and every application and make their recommendation.

97 families received the financial support of one lakh rupee given by ICSG for those who are working under low salary and who died of Covid in Kuwait.

Embassy also release their first Labour bulletin prepared by the Community Welfare and Labour Wing of the Mission during the event.

Embassy is planning to launch goodwill evenings where the Embassy will organize various cultural evenings in labour camps in Kuwait with the participation of laborers, with the cooperation of employers, Ambassador said during the event Embassy is also planning to set up an exclusive Arabic translation cell to help those who need such services in courts, labour offices and various other government offices.

A new social media handler for publishing weekly question and answer bulletin where the embassy will publish all queries that they receive in the Mission with our responses so that the entire community gets benefited, Ambassador said.

 

 

SOURCE  IIK

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