The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notification on September 30 this year that Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card shall be valid for life time and the PIO card holder shall be exempt from police reporting / registration.
This is in pursuance of the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Madison Square Garden in New York on September 28.
It has been further clarified that all PIO Cards issued till September 30, 2014 are automatically deemed to have life time validity.