Task Force to address Indian visa problems
Friday, 12 September 2014
India has constituted a Task Force that would address the visa related problems for minorities living in Bangladesh and Pakistan. “A Task Force has been constituted in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to handle Visa and Citizenship issues that would address the problems long faced by minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh,” said India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. This assumes significance as visa seekers especially in Bangladesh have been facing lots of problems while coming to India, according to a news agency. Singh said that online visa application system has been launched in 12 missions abroad during the last three months, taking the total to 152. India’s home ministry has also started ‘Visa on Arrival’ facility at nine airports across the country, a move aimed to boost the tourism industry. The home minister was talking to the reporters on the completion of 100 days in office. Singh said that a Task Force has been setup to look into grievances of minorities "who left Bangladesh and Pakistan under pressure". The task force, according to the minister, will give citizen certificate to those people who came to India.