The Punjab Police have also uploaded the exact status of all pending NRI cases on its website so that NRIs could record precise information in their case and decide the next course of action, he added.

The government is also firming up its plans to set up a facilitation centre exclusively for NRIs at Rajasansi International Airport at Amritsar. Premises for the round-the-clock facilitation centre have already been handed out to the Airport Authority of India (AAI). The functioning here is likely to be outsourced.

On the issue of setting up special NRI police stations, officials present in the meeting informed R I Singh that the Punjab Police have put up a demand for Rs 64 lakh for setting up a permanent building for these police stations. Presently, there are just six such police stations for NRIs functioning in Punjab.