{"id":18641,"date":"2016-12-07T09:39:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T09:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=18641"},"modified":"2016-12-07T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T09:39:19","slug":"new-visa-policy-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/new-visa-policy-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"New visa policy approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: When did the Union Cabinet has given its approval for liberalization, simplification and rationalization of the existing visa regime in India?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 29 November 2016<br \/>\n(b) 30 November 2016<br \/>\n(c) 1 December 2016<br \/>\n(d) 2 December 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On 30 November 2016 Union Cabinet has given its approval for liberalization, simplification and rationalization of the existing visa regime in India.<\/li>\n<li>The cabinet has also approved incremental changes in the visa policy decided by the Ministry of Home Affairs in consultation with various stakeholders and with approval of the Home Minister.<\/li>\n<li>The approval will facilitate entry of foreigners for tourism, business and medical purposes.<\/li>\n<li>This is expected to stimulate economic growth, increase earnings from export of services like tourism, medical value travel and travel on account of business and to make \u2018Skill India\u2019, \u2018Digital India\u2019, \u2018Make in India\u2019 and other such flagship initiatives of the Government successful.<\/li>\n<li>This will also considerably ease the travel of foreigners to India for the above-mentioned legitimate purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=154663\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=154663<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/nri\/visa-and-immigration\/union-cabinet-approves-rationalisation-of-visa-regime\/articleshow\/55712685.cms\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/nri\/visa-and-immigration\/union-cabinet-approves-rationalisation-of-visa-regime\/articleshow\/55712685.cms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Govt-approves-new-visa-to-attract-foreigners-boost-trade\/articleshow\/55710822.cms\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Govt-approves-new-visa-to-attract-foreigners-boost-trade\/articleshow\/55710822.cms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When did the Union Cabinet has given its approval for liberalization, simplification and rationalization of the existing visa regime in India? (a) 29 November 2016 (b) 30 November 2016 (c) 1 December 2016 (d) 2 December 2016 Ans: (b) Related facts: On 30 November 2016 Union Cabinet has given its approval for liberalization, simplification [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1137],"tags":[2541],"class_list":["post-18641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mis","tag-miscellaneous-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}