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Roots of Ethnic Indians in S.L. now traceable for 20,000 bucks
T V Sriram
Colombo, Nov 13 (PTI) Even as several ethnic Indians wait to attain Sri Lankan citizenship, the Indian mission here has offered to help trace their roots for a fee of Rs 20,000.
People of Indian-origin desirous of the service can
access the programme "Tracing the Roots", designed by The
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affair, by providing minute
details including nick names or stories about their ancestors
to facilitate tracing out their roots.
"Persons of Indians origin desirous of tracing their
roots in India would be required to fill up the prescribed
application form and deposit it with this High Commission
along with a fee of Indian Rupees 20,000/," a high commission
statement said.
The Ministry has signed an M.O.U. with Indiroots and
would forward the applications with all supporting documents
to it.
The N.G.O. will prepare a family tree comprising details
of the roots in India (where traceable) such as names of close
surviving relatives and details of the place of origin of
their forefathers (paternal and maternal side) and submit it
to the Ministry approximately within a period of three months
from the date of receipt of the application by it.
The information received from Indiroots, including the
family tree prepared by it, would then be sent to the High
Commission for onward transmission to the applicant.
In case of any doubt over the genuineness of the ‘roots’,
the decision of the Ministry, taken in consultation with the
applicant and Indiroots will be final and binding on the
N.G.O., the statement said.
If the attempt is successful a sum of INR 14,000 will be
released by the Ministry to Indiroots, the high commission
said.
But, if the attempt is not successful, an amount of only
INR 4,000 will be released to the N.G.O. and the High
Commission would be authorised to refund INR 10,000
(equivalent to SriLankan rupees) to the applicant.
"It may be noted that 'Tracing the Roots' programme only
provides for gathering of the information of the ancestors of
the applicant and does not have any provision or arrangement
for the visit of the applicant to his/her ancestral place(s),"
the statement said.
In case the applicant wishes to visit these places, the
Ministry/Indiroots would facilitate such visits but the
applicant would have to bear all related expenditure. PTI TVS
AM
Colombo, Nov 13 (PTI) Even as several ethnic Indians wait to attain Sri Lankan citizenship, the Indian mission here has offered to help trace their roots for a fee of Rs 20,000.
People of Indian-origin desirous of the service can
access the programme "Tracing the Roots", designed by The
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affair, by providing minute
details including nick names or stories about their ancestors
to facilitate tracing out their roots.
"Persons of Indians origin desirous of tracing their
roots in India would be required to fill up the prescribed
application form and deposit it with this High Commission
along with a fee of Indian Rupees 20,000/," a high commission
statement said.
The Ministry has signed an M.O.U. with Indiroots and
would forward the applications with all supporting documents
to it.
The N.G.O. will prepare a family tree comprising details
of the roots in India (where traceable) such as names of close
surviving relatives and details of the place of origin of
their forefathers (paternal and maternal side) and submit it
to the Ministry approximately within a period of three months
from the date of receipt of the application by it.
The information received from Indiroots, including the
family tree prepared by it, would then be sent to the High
Commission for onward transmission to the applicant.
In case of any doubt over the genuineness of the ‘roots’,
the decision of the Ministry, taken in consultation with the
applicant and Indiroots will be final and binding on the
N.G.O., the statement said.
If the attempt is successful a sum of INR 14,000 will be
released by the Ministry to Indiroots, the high commission
said.
But, if the attempt is not successful, an amount of only
INR 4,000 will be released to the N.G.O. and the High
Commission would be authorised to refund INR 10,000
(equivalent to SriLankan rupees) to the applicant.
"It may be noted that 'Tracing the Roots' programme only
provides for gathering of the information of the ancestors of
the applicant and does not have any provision or arrangement
for the visit of the applicant to his/her ancestral place(s),"
the statement said.
In case the applicant wishes to visit these places, the
Ministry/Indiroots would facilitate such visits but the
applicant would have to bear all related expenditure. PTI TVS
AM
