NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Thursday, February 4, told Parliament that 382 passports had been revoked or impounded since 2015 in cases pertaining to desertion of Indian women by NRI grooms and 216 women had so far sought legal and financial assistance from the government in such cases. Answering a question by Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa, the External Affairs Ministry said the Indian Community Welfare Fund was set up in all-Indian Missions and Posts abroad to assist Indian nationals in times of distress overseas. (Source: TNS)
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