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| agency_name = Department of Non Resident Keralites Affairs of State of Kerala (NORKA ROOTS)
| nativename = പ്രവാസി മലയാളി കാര്യ മന്ത്രാലയം
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The '''Non Resident Keralites Affairs ''' abbreviated as '''NORKA''' is a department of the [[Government of Kerala]] formed on 6 December 1996 to redress the grievances of [[Malayali|Non-Resident Keralites]] (NRKs).<ref name="norka">{{cite news|url=http://www.norka.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126141049/http://www.norka.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=28|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2010|accessdate=10 December 2009|title=NORKA profile}} </ref> It is the first of its kind formed in any [[India]]n state.<ref name="norka"/> The department was formed in an attempt to strengthen the relationship between the NRKs and the Government of Kerala and to institutionalise the administrative framework.<ref name="norka"/> The field agency of NORKA is known as the ''NORKA Roots'', which was set up in 2002 to act as an interface between the NRKs and the Kerala Government.<ref name="Norkaroots">{{cite news|url=http://www.norkaroots.net/Norka.htm|accessdate=10 December 2009|publisher=Govt of Kerala|title=Non-Resident Keralites’ Affairs Department (NORKA),NORKA-ROOTS-A Profile}}</ref>
It also acts as a forum for addressing the NRKs problem, safeguarding their rights and rehabilitating the returnees.<ref name="Norkaroots"/>

Amidst the [[COVID-19 outbreak]], the NORKA-Roots portal facilitated registration from people all around the world to request to return to [[Kerala]]. The portal also allowed people stuck in different states of the country to register on their site from 29 April 2020.

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091225053253/http://www.norka.gov.in/ NORKA]
* [http://www.worldmalayaleecouncil.net/ World Malayalee Council]
* [http://keralakalasamiti.org/ KERALA KALA SAMITI, BHUBANESWAR]
* [http://www.myaima.org/ ALL INDIA MALAYALEE ASSOCIATION (AIMA)]

[[Category:1996 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Kerala diaspora]]
[[Category:Government departments of Kerala]]
[[Category:Diaspora ministries]]

Department of Non Resident Keralites Affairs - Revision history

>Dl2000 at 02:49, 13 October 2021