Govt proposes to set up think-tank on overseas employment

NEW DELHI: The government proposes to set up a Council for Promotion of Overseas Employment, which would function as think-tank to respond to changes in the international labour market.

Giving the information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said the council is proposed to be set up as a society under the Societies Registration Act.

The proposed council, that has been approved by the Cabinet, would function as a strategic think-tank and respond to changes in the international labour market on a real time basis.

Ravi said it would identify future overseas employment opportunities, the emerging labour supply gaps, country and sector specific skill requirements, make realistic projections and plans for overseas deployment of workers, disseminate relevant information to potential emigrants and implement a skill upgradation programme to match the market requirement.