Dubai: Karnataka NRI Forum holds meeting on govt’s NRK card

By Shodhan Prasad | photos by Floyd Kiran
April 16, 2018

Dubai, Apr 16: Karnataka NRI Forum UAE President Praveen Kumar Shetty called the first meeting on 14th April, 2018 evening at Fortune Plaza Hotel, Al Ghusais Dubai with the representatives of various communities of Karnataka residing in the UAE. The meet was to brief the registration process of NRK Card for the people of Karnataka which will be issued by the Government of Karnataka and also to know the facilities available with the card.

KNRI Forum UAE a governmental body for Kannadigas in UAE, last year in April was inaugurated in Dubai at the Indian Consulate Auditorium and was inaugurated by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramayya. Businessman Praveen Kumar Shetty was elected as the first President of this body. Under his leadership this meeting was held and with him were General Secretary Prabhakar Ambalthere, Vice President’s Ganesh Rai and M.E. Moolur on the dais.

Based on the Press Release made by the Consulate General of India Dubai, Indian Community Welfare Fund Committee Member N. Mohan briefed on the facilities available at the Indian Consulate for all Indians in respect of any issues or grievances faced by our Citizens.

President Praveen Shetty gave detailed information on the KNRI Forum UAE body registration process with Karnataka NRI Forum, permission process, registration for members and later providing the NRK Card for the members in the meet.

General Secretary Prabhakar Ambalthere later shared the information on the facilities which are available in the NRK Card.  These are the facilities attached to the NRK Card:

1)      Life Insurance for KNRIs

2)      Prioritized swift facility available in any of Governmental offices in the District where the card holder belongs to.

3)      Loan facility and reasonably reduced interest rates in the State Government recognized banks

4)      Around Rupees 2 Lakhs grant for those Family back home, whose KNRI Members, in case meets with an tragic accident or faces unforeseen accidental death, during their annual vacation in their home city.

5)      Governmental support for those KNRI’s who opt to start any new business in Karnataka State

6)      Support from Government for those KNRI’s who return from overseas after job loss.  Facility in training and re-locating home will be provided by the government.

7)      Special discount in State Hospitals will be provided for the NRK Card holders

8)      Tax Free facility for those KNRI’s who do or conduct Social Service back home

9)      Special pricings for KNRI’s who opt to stay in Hotels near Tourist places

Later Joint Secretary Deepak Somashekar explained on the online registration process for NRK Card and briefed that only those persons who fall into the below criteria can register:

1)      Minimum 6 months stay in UAE required in the Visa validity

2)      Passport size photo in digital file should be uploaded

3)      Only Digital Indian Passport with home address should be uploaded

Once the above is done and registration process is completed, one will receive an email confirmation on the registration completion.  Later in a few days’ time one will receive the details of the NRK card delivery.

Followed was question and answer session and few questions raised was answered appropriately.

Vice Presidents of KNRI Forum UAE, Harish Sherigar, Dr. Kaup Mohammed, Treasurer Sadan Das, Joint Secretary Noel Almeida and other Committee Members were present during the meeting.  Leaders of various Kannadiga Associations in UAE present have promised that they will request all their members to get registered with the Forum.

KNRI Forum UAE, Vice President B.K. Ganesh Rai conducted the meeting and shared some of the important information’s one need to know.

Dinner was served at the end and Joint Secretary M.E. Moolur rendered the vote of thanks.

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Tavargeri Moha…
 - 
Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Myself is zaheer,, my passport number s1637441,my u. A. E number +971585708303 and my Indian number is 9739567262, I am came from visiting visa, I wanna to come back to india very urgently bcuz of my wife is pregnant,,, and she I'll have delivery on may15.no one take care her,  she is alone so please kindly process to come back india 

Riyaz .s.a
 - 
Wednesday, 2 May 2018

I want nri card. Please help me sir.

abdullah
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

 sir

 

    how to registerr for nrk card.  for login  asking user name and password  user name  ok but password from where

 

Javed ali
 - 
Friday, 20 Apr 2018

Sir how to do the card. can you help me ?

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March 16,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 16: Stepping up measures to curb spread of coronavirus in the state, the Karnataka government would start thermal screening of visitors at various places including the vidhana soudha, high court, secretariat, and city civil courts, from Tuesday.

In view of coronavirus scare, screening of visitors has already begun at Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's residence at Dollar's Colony in the city.

A medical team has been deployed for the purpose, sources close to the CM told PTI. Medical screening of passengers arriving at the Kempegowda International Airport here was underway. So far seven people have been tested positive in the state while one of them died due to COVID-19 in Kalaburagi.

The Department of Health and Family Welfare said the procurement of equipment such as scanners would be completed by Monday.

"The procurement of scanners, other supplies, deputation of staff nurses and trainingshall be held and completed on March 16, Monday itself on war footing basissetting aside other works," Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare department, Pankaj Kumar Pandey said in his order to district level health officers.

The KarnatakaState Drugs Logistics and Warehousing Society (KSDLWS) would procure and give the thermal scanners to the district health and family welfare officers of Bengaluru Urban, Kalaburagi, Dharwad, it said. Sufficient virus filtering N95 masks, handgloves and sanitisers would also be provided to the officers, it added.

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March 25,2020

Udupi, Mar 25: Fearing Corona infection a 56-year-old man has committed suicide over in Udupi. 

The deceased has been identified as Gopalkrishna Madivala.

He was a KSRTC bus driver and was currently performing a duty to train new drivers.

He suspected his friend had contracted COVID-19 and as he had a close association with him, he feared he too will be infected and hence hanged himself on a tree.

Although symptoms of Corona infection do not appear to him, he left behind a death note which stated that he resorted to the extreme step over suspicion of having been infected by a corona trait of a friend. 

Recently, the first COVID-19 positive case in Udupi where a 34-year-old man has been tested positive.

A press release issued by the District Health and Family Welfare Officer on Wednesday said that the man had come from Dubai to Udupi district on March 18.

Since he showed symptoms of COVID-19, he was admitted to the District Government Hospital on March 23. His throat swab was sent for test and the preliminary report stated that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel will resolve any differences of opinion among party leaders in Karnataka, according to Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi

If anybody has any issues, they should get them resolved by talking with Yediyurappa and Kateel. Internal matters, if any, should not be discussed in public, he said.

Angadi told reporters here on Friday that differences of opinion among party leaders have not come to his notice. A section of party leaders assembling for dinner should not be constituted as a meeting of dissidents. BJP has internal democracy and any differences of opinion if exist will be resolved at the party forum.

He added that if MLA Umesh Katti has any issues regarding cabinet berth or regarding assurances given to him by Yediyurappa during the Lok Sabha elections, he should talk with the chief minister.

Everyone in politics has aspirations and it's natural. Those aspiring for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections should talk with the chief minister or the state president, he said.

Ramesh Katti was former MP and there was nothing wrong in him being aspirant for Rajya Sabha elections, he said.

Angadi said, "Party is supreme. We shall work for the victory of party candidates irrespective of who they were".

A state cabinet meeting was held on Thursday. Many of the MLAs too had been to Bengaluru for constituency-related works. As they had been meeting after a long time, all gathered for dinner, he expressed.

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