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NRI/NRGs want to have the best of both worlds: live in the comfort of the West, and present themselves as a portrayer of India. NRI/NRGs play an important role - be it in the economy or reflecting the image of India to the outside world. NRI/NRGs are based in Canada mainly due to business and economic reasons. As far as they are concerned, Goa/India is home only in an emotional sense. On an ongoing basis and especially if there is a crisis or a disaster, they will go out of their way to help. But they also recognize that they have chosen to live in Canada and are content to leave India to cope with India's problems.

Twenty million NRI/NRGs can do a lot for India. They can create an industry (tourism), invest, give back (in a big way) and teach India to their local communities. In recent years, the Government of India and Goa has recognized that NRI/NRGs represent a potent store of goodwill for Goa/India. The appointment in March 2006 of Hon. Eduardo Faleiro as Commissioner for NRI Affairs in Goa with the mandate to provide single window clearance to expedite investment projects for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in Goa and establish the Office of the Protector of Emigrants in Goa, is an attempt to harness that goodwill.