According to the Ministry, the Missions/Posts provide appropriate counseling, guidance, and information to the aggrieved Indian women about legal procedures and mechanisms in such cases. The Indian Missions and Posts also conduct walk-in sessions and open house meetings for distressed Indians, including women, to address their grievances.Furthermore, Missions and Posts also maintain a 24×7 Helpline for emergencies, and assistance is also provided through social media platforms. Financial and legal assistance is provided under the Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) to distressed NRI women, wherever applicable, said MEA.Tough steps suggested against many illsIn its report, the panel suggested stringent measures to address issues such as abandonment of children and wives, impounding of passports, extradition, custody of children, and ill-treatment of wives in NRI marriages. It also studied the 2019 bill on registration of marriages of NRIs and the Foreign Marriage Act.
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