New Delhi, May 20 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday launched a revamped portal of Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) for seamless registration, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi called as a major step forward in boosting citizen-friendly digital governance. "With enhanced features and improved functionality, the new OCI Portal marks a major step forward in boosting citizen friendly digital governance," Modi said on X, sharing a post by Shah. The OCI scheme was introduced in 2005. It provides for registration as OCI all Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) who were citizens of India on January 26, 1950, or thereafter or were eligible to become citizens on January 26, 1950, or their descendants. "Today, launched the revamped OCI portal with an up-to-date user interface to make registration of overseas citizens seamless. The new features will include improved functionality, enhanced security, and a user-friendly experience," Shah said in his X post. The revamped OCI portal is accessible at ciservices.gov.in/onlineOCI, he added. No person who or either of whose parents or grandparents or great grandparents is or had been a citizen of Pakistan, Bangladesh or such other country, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, specify, shall be eligible for registration as an OCI cardholder. htc...