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Fig 6.5
District-wise NRKs working in different jobs
EXTERNAL SECTOR

Source: Economic and Statistics Department,GoK.

Box 6.1
Plan schemes,Services and Own Projects Offered by Norka Roots

Rehabilitation of Return Migrants, aim of the scheme is to reintegrate returned emigrants by
helping them to find suitable employment/self employment as a step towards the rehabilita-
tion of return migrants. Government have formulated Norka Department Project for Return
Emigrants (NDPREM) to develop a sustainable Business Model.The project envisages
providing a capital subsidy of 10 % of the total project cost as a backend subsidy to eligible
entrepreneurs among return emigrants who wish to start up their own ventures in the field
of agri-business,training,services and manufacturing.

Santhwana, this scheme is providing financial assistance to NRKs (returnees) whose mini-
mum period of services abroad is of two years and the period after return should not exceed
10 years. For medical assistance ` 50000/- is provided and death assistance is maximum `
1,00,000/-, marriage assistance is ` 15000/- and for wheel chair crèches and artificial limbs
` 10,000/ is provided as assistance.

Swapna Saphalyam, The lower segments of Non –Resident Keralites working abroad espe-
cially in Gulf countries are subjected to various miseries due to lack of labour protection
rules. It is estimated that 1400 Indians are jailed in Saudi Arabia alone, of which 80% being
NRKs. The scheme propose to address those NRKs jailed abroad for no wilful default on
their part and aims to provide free air tickets when they are released from jails and are not
able to afford the tickets.

Kerala State Planning Board