CHANDIGARH/NEW YORK (TIP): The Punjab Government has launched a website to deal with the matters related to family, property and other issues of Non-Resident Indians. The website of the Punjab State Commission for NRIs, www.nricommissionpunjab.com, was launched by NRI Affairs, Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, here, today.

Time-bound settlement

• Complaints be lodged from any country with requisite documents on the website of the Punjab State NRI Commission
• A complainant will be issued a unique number to track the complaint, which would be settled in a time-bound manner

Sodhi said to deal with the cases of NRIs such as immigration, nationality, matrimony, inter-parental child removal, spousal maintenance, division of matrimonial property, inter-country adoptions, succession and inheritance, illegal migration, poor job conditions, tenancy of Indian property and surrogacy arrangements, the Punjab State Commission for NRIs was constituted in 2011 but due to lack of information related with the issues of NRIs, communication and exchange of required documents in the case, it was difficult to resolve the issue immediately.

Hence, to bridge the gap this website has been launched.

The NRI Affairs Minister said through this portal, NRIs residing in any country would be able to register their grievances along with important documents, adding that the complainant would have to register his complaint on the website as per the checklist related to the issue. Once the complaint is registered, the complainant will be given a unique number for further information or future course of action.

Commission Chairman Justice Shekhar Kumar Dhawan (retd) said the complainant should be a native of Punjab or an occurrence in complaint should be Punjab-related.