PM Narendra Modi at Madison square lawn in new york. (Agence France-Presse)
NEW DELHI: in step with high Minister Narendra Modi’s latest assertion, the house Ministry has issued a notification that a “character of Indian starting place (PIO) card” will be valid for a life-time.

The coaching changed into issued the day prior to this.

A statement from the ministry stated that every one PIO cards issued before September 30, 2014 “areroutinely deemed to have life time validity.”

On Sunday, PM Modi, whilst addressing 18,000 Indian people and NRIs at big apple‘s Madison rectangularlawn venue, declared that those with PIO playing cards could have lifetime visas and could not need tofile periodically to a police station even as in India. The announcement became met with cheers and applause.