Panaji: The Goa government is mulling to frame a law to check fraudulent sales of the ancestral properties of NRIs and expatriates in the state.
Goa's town and country planning minister Vijai Sardesai, on his return from a tour of Dubai today, told reporters that Goans living overseas said that at times their properties in the beach state were sold by fraudulent means without they being aware of it.
"During my visit there, I interacted with several Goans, who have listed out their problems. One of the major problems is that their ancestral properties in Goa are sold fraudulently without their information," he said.
"When they come back here, they find that their properties are already gone," he said.
The five-day-long Assembly session is scheduled to begin from December 13.
He said an amendment will have to be made to the Registration Act to provide such a protection.
"These two lakh people are also our voters as they are NRIs," said the leader of Goa Forward Party, which is an alliance partner of the ruling BJP in the state.
"The government should consider the aspirations of these people, while framing the policies, who are of Goan origin and living abroad. These people want to connect with Goa, so we will have to provide them the opportunities," he said.
The government would also promote "reverse migration" in the state, the minister said.
After UAE, the Goa Forward will also go to Canada and Australia and reach out to the Goans living there, he added.
Goa's town and country planning minister Vijai Sardesai, on his return from a tour of Dubai today, told reporters that Goans living overseas said that at times their properties in the beach state were sold by fraudulent means without they being aware of it.
"During my visit there, I interacted with several Goans, who have listed out their problems. One of the major problems is that their ancestral properties in Goa are sold fraudulently without their information," he said.
"When they come back here, they find that their properties are already gone," he said.
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The five-day-long Assembly session is scheduled to begin from December 13.
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He said an amendment will have to be made to the Registration Act to provide such a protection.
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"These two lakh people are also our voters as they are NRIs," said the leader of Goa Forward Party, which is an alliance partner of the ruling BJP in the state.
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"The government should consider the aspirations of these people, while framing the policies, who are of Goan origin and living abroad. These people want to connect with Goa, so we will have to provide them the opportunities," he said.
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The government would also promote "reverse migration" in the state, the minister said.
After UAE, the Goa Forward will also go to Canada and Australia and reach out to the Goans living there, he added.
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