As per records available, about 18,056 Indians have received benefits from Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) in the last two years. The ICWF is aimed at providing the following services on a means tested basis:
(i) Boarding and lodging for distressed Overseas Indian workers in Household / domestic sectors and unskilled labourers;
(ii) Extending emergency medical care to Overseas Indians in need;
(iii) Providing air passage to stranded Overseas Indians in need;
(iv) Providing initial legal assistance to Overseas Indians in deserving cases;
(v) Expenditure on incidentals and for airlifting the mortal remains to India or local cremation/burial of the deceased Overseas Indians in such cases where the sponsor is unable or unwilling to do so as per the contract and the family is unable to meet the cost.
An amount of Rs.17,76,59,202/- (Rupees seventeen crore, seventy six lakh, fifty nine thousand, two hundred and two only) has been spent on the scheme during the period.
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