NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to millions of people of Indian origin across the world to turn to their homeland after he eased visa rules to lure overseas talent, in a bid to make the country a top power. “There was a time when professionals in India went to distant lands to explore new possibilities,” Modi told an annual gathering for people of Indian origin in the western state of Gujarat. “Now India awaits you with opportunities.” On Wednesday, President Pranab Mukherjee approved an executive order to ease the way for those whose families left India as many as four generations ago, as well as their spouses, to get lifetime visas and own property in India. Modi's pitch has a harder economic aspect too, as the diaspora holds investments of more than $100 billion in India. — Reuters
