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Notice Inviting Applications for the Pravasi Bharatiya Tour

Posted on: November 09, 2024 | Back | Print

1. The Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with the M/s Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is organising special conducted train tour by the Pravasi Bharatiya Express under the Pravasi Teerth DarshanYoiana (PTDY) scheme.

2. The Pravasi Bharatiya Express is a special state-of-the-art Tourist Train exclusively designed for the Indian Diaspora (Persons of Indian Origin only) that will travel to multiple destinations of prominent touristic interest and religious importance all over India for a period of 3 weeks starting on January 09, 2025 starting from the Safdarjung Railway Station in New Delhi. The nummose of the tour is to connect the Indian Diaspora (PIOS only in the age group of 45-65 years) to their roots and promote inbound tourism to India and thus promote one of the three T's advocated by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. The date of January 09, 2025 has been chosen to commemorate the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India on this date in the year 1915.

3. The Ministry will bear all expenses for the aforesaid conducted train tour besides also bearing 90% of the return airfares for the eligible PIOs from their countries of origin to India. PIOS will need to bear only 10% of their return airfares to avail of this scheme.
For the selection of candidates, preference will be given to PIOs from low-income backgrounds who would otherwise be unable to afford a visit to India on their own.

4. Interested applicants are kindly requested to forward the documents listed below to sscons.dublin@mea.gov.in by 5 December 2024.

- CV mentioning annual income & declaration that the details given are correct

- passport copy

- OCI card copy