Indian parliamentary panel flags absence of coherent diaspora policy

The committee urged drafting a foreign policy doctrine, national diaspora policy, coordination agency, digital portal, and feedback system to streamline engagement.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor / X/ IndianEmbassyUS

India’s 32-million-strong diaspora is often described as a “strategic asset” — a force that spans continents, contributes nearly $100 billion annually in remittances, and amplifies India's cultural and diplomatic reach. But beneath the surface of official rhetoric lies a deeper failure: the absence of both a comprehensive diaspora policy and a coherent strategic foreign policy doctrine.

This dual policy vacuum was sharply highlighted in two separate but related observations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs in its report tabled in Parliament on Aug. 6. Chaired by Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, the committee urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to break its inertia and move decisively on both fronts.

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