The High Commissioner of India to T&T has called on members of the Indian diaspora to connect back to the motherland.

Speaking at the SDMS Indian Arrival celebrations in Debe, he says India wants to embrace the diaspora.

He said there are programmes available through the High Commission to facilitate this like an overseas Indian citizenship card which grants citizenship without voting privileges.

Commissioner Pradeep Rajpurohit said this is an effort also to establish their ancestry and family roots back in India.

He said there are also a number of scholarships and programmes available to the diaspora, so they can visit India.