India steps up Gulf diplomacy for its diasporaIndia, on its part, has been allowing cargo flights for carrying food items including fruits and vegetables to the Gulf, which is dependent...
11 Apr, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
Coronavirus would reset distances, labour market: ExpertsThe sudden displacement of migrant labour would have far-reaching impact on the Indian economy.
04 Apr, 2020, 07.37 AM IST
Coronavirus may have long lasting impact on inter-state migrationf the shutdown prolongs, those who have returned home would be under pressure to earn. With few livelihood options in villages, they would ...
23 Mar, 2020, 10.31 AM IST
The homecoming of Gulf returnees: From remittance riches to loans for poultry farmsIn Malappuram district, Gulf returnees line up daily in front of the office of Kerala State Pravasi Welfare Development Co-operative Societ...
27 Mar, 2019, 10.49 AM IST
Rise of blue-collar workers from Uttar Pradesh in Gulf countriesOver the last 10 yrs, the no. of blue-collar workers migrating to Gulf nations from Kerala fell by over 90%.
27 Jan, 2019, 10.02 AM IST
UAE topples Saudi Arabia as top draw for Indian job seekers in GulfOman came a close third with 30,413 migrants, which is 16.5% of the total Gulf migration. In 2016, Kuwait was the third most popular destin...
02 Sep, 2017, 11.08 PM IST
Remittances to Kerala hit as Gulf crisis simmersThe simmering crisis in the Gulf region, an impact of plummeting oil prices and global economic woes, is sending ripples across the seas to...
06 May, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
A fifty year old phenomenon explained: Malayalee migration to Gulf builds the new KeralaSome 10 per cent of Kerala’s population or about 2.4 million Malayalees are sending home about Rs one lakh crore every year from the Gulf.
03 Oct, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
Call for raising taxes on tobacco products to 65%Eminent personalities in socio-cultural & medical fraternity have urged Kerala govt to raise taxes on all tobacco products to 65% as a meas...
10 Jan, 2014, 12.52 PM IST
After Saudi Arabia's Nitaqat, it is Kuwait's turn to crack down on illegal workersAfter Saudi Arabia’s decision to implement the restrictive labour law, Nitaqat, it is Kuwait's turn to implement a policy of reducing expat...
03 Jun, 2013, 04.59 AM IST
Banks jittery over dip in flows from Gulf, NitaqatFew hundred workers have come back from Saudi Arabia and only 81 have registered with Non Resident Keralites’ Affairs help desk in the Kozh...
06 Apr, 2013, 05.14 PM IST
Kerala govt readies rehab packs for Saudi returneesThe deadline for companies to implement Nitaqat and mandatorily hire a minimum proportion of locals ended a few days ago.
01 Apr, 2013, 10.26 AM IST
Study reveals decreasing trend in emigration from KeralaEmigration from the state was dominated by Muslims whose share of the emigrants continued to remain very much higher than their share in th...
31 Mar, 2013, 03.14 PM IST
Kerala heading towards zero-population growth rateKerala is heading for a significant phase in its demographic transition with the state moving towards achieving zero population growth rate.
10 Aug, 2012, 12.19 PM IST
- God’s own country, for old men
The Kerala government isn’t rich enough to spend a lot on its old population.
24 Feb, 2011, 07.24 AM IST
- Gulf spells grief for Kerala expats
A study by KC Zachariah and S Irudaya Rajan of the Centre for Development Studies here estimate that about 37,000 Kerala emigrants abroad h...
03 Dec, 2009, 06.23 PM IST
- GCC slowdown cause for concern, say experts
The good news is that there is no fall, and indeed a rise, in inward remittances to India, but the gloomy side is that in the years ahead, ...
21 Jul, 2009, 05.08 PM IST