People of Indian origin in Israel to get OCI card despite army training: PM

Direct flights to be launched between Delhi, Mumbai and Tel Aviv

People of Indian origin in Israel will get the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards even if they have undergone the compulsory army service here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday.
 

Addressing the Indian diaspora here at an event, which was also attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Modi said that direct flights would be launched between Delhi, Mumbai and Tel Aviv to encourage people-to-people contacts.

He said an Indian cultural centre would also be opened in Israel, fulfilling a long-pending demand of the Indian diaspora here.

He said he had heard about problems being faced by the