Indian Social Forum takes Cong to task for ignoring Gulf NRKs in poll manifesto

coastaldigest.com web desk

April 29, 2018

Dammam, Apr 29: The Indian Social Forum, Saudi Arabia, has expressed disappointment that Karnataka’s ruling Congress in its recently released manifesto for May 12 assembly polls has ignored non-resident Kannadigas (NRKs) scattered across Gulf Cooperation Council.

In a release issued here the ISF said: “After several promises made by the Karnataka’s ruling party, Gulf NRI community was expecting welfare programs for them to be included in its manifesto. However, the manifesto has disappointed large number of NRIs from Karnataka in the GCC countries as the Congress party failed to address their issues.”

The ISF further said that the Congress should have considered wellbeing of Gulf NRI community at least after numerous appeals from NRI groups to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others in the wake of economic crisis in the Middle East.

Recent World bank report confirms, India topped the highest recipient of remittance overseas in 2017 and particularly 50% of remittance made from Indian diaspora in GCC countries, however Karnataka is also beneficiary of this remittance.

Notably, NRI community from Karnataka’s coastal belt has been an influential community back home as there are many families, institutions depend on Gulf NRIs remittance. In light of Gulf Job market crisis, Indian Social Forum, Saudi Arabia is requesting the Congress party to revisits the manifesto to include realistic welfare programs to protect the Gulf NRIs and their family’s interest. We hope such move would fetch the Congress party to gain positive impact among influential Gulf NRI community and would also be beneficial for the country’s development, the release said.

The Indian Social Forum has appealed the Congress party to include following points on its Election manifesto:
1-   NRI Help Desk in Coastal Districts, Mysuru, Bengaluru and Gulbarga
2-   Educational Quota for Gulf NRI students
3-   NRI Data Bank – Statistical survey of NRI population, remittance and other statistics
4-   Create online platform to raise NRI individual concerns and issues
5-   Free Medical aid for Gulf Returnee
6-   Assurance of Fund allocation for Gulf NRIs welfare
7-   Grant Bank Loan for the aspiring Gulf returnee entrepreneurs

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UT Iftikhar Ali calls on universities to ensure NEET-based Physiotherapy, OT admissions from 2026–27

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January 14,2026

The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) has announced that admissions to undergraduate programmes in physiotherapy and occupational therapy will henceforth be conducted exclusively through the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).

In a press release issued by Prof. U. T. Iftikhar Ali Fareed, Chairman of the Karnataka State Allied and Healthcare Council, stated that the NCAHP has clarified the category-wise degree nomenclature and admission criteria for allied and healthcare undergraduate programmes, effective from the academic year 2026–27.

According to the notification, admissions to the Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) – Category 3 and Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (BOT) – Category 6 will be conducted only through NEET, in accordance with the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021.

All Vice-Chancellors of public, private, and deemed-to-be universities in Karnataka have been asked to ensure strict compliance with the NCAHP guidelines and to disseminate the information widely among affiliated colleges, faculty, and students.

Prof. Ifthikar Ali emphasized that universities must take necessary steps to implement the admission procedure for the academic year 2026–27 and subsequent years.

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