The Diaspora Services Division of the Ministry deals with all matters related to Overseas Indians, comprising Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) which are not specifically allocated to other Ministries/Departments of the Government of India or other Divisions of the Ministry. These include organization of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conventions and Mini-PBDs, conferment of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, dissemination of information concerning admission of NRI/PIO students to various educational, technical and cultural institutions in India wherever discretionary quota for NRI/PIO students exists and issues related to NRI women.

The following schemes are run by the Diaspora Services Division:

• Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)
• Know India Programme (KIP),
• Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children (SPDC)
• Tracing the Roots
• Establishment of PIO/NRI Universities in India,
• Legal And Financial Assistance to Indian Women Deserted by their Overseas Indian Spouses