The Indo-Canadian community has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to extend deadline to convert PIO cards to OCI cards. Canada-India Business Council, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, Canada-India Foundation and Panorama India welcomed the decisions of the Prime Minister to extend deadline to convert PIO cards to OCI cards by June 30th, 2017. Addressing a function organized to celebrate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Toronto, Dinesh Bhatia, Consul General of India, described Indo-Canadians as frontline envoys of ancient Indian culture and civilization. He said, Indo-Canadians have made outstanding contributions in their chosen fields. Among them, they are politicians of status, scientists of repute, outstanding doctors, brilliant educationists, IT professionals, economists, musicians, famous philanthropists, journalists, bankers, engineers and lawyers, he said.