Delhi Airport becomes first Indian airport to launch Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller ProgrammeDelhi Airport introduced the Government of India's Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme for Indian passport holders and OCI c...
22 Jun, 2024, 02.11 PM IST
4,23,559 Indian migrant workers returned from ECR countries from June 2020-December 2021In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan stated that the number of Indian mi...
21 Jul, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
Migration to Gulf for jobs drops 62% over 5 yearsThe five-year outflow of Indian workers to Gulf peaked in 2014 at 7.76 lakh.
12 Jan, 2019, 12.33 PM IST
Indian workers in Gulf down by half since 2015There has been a steady decline over the past few years and the recent immigration policies adopted by Gulf countries are a mixed bag for I...
04 Jul, 2018, 10.46 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
Hiring of Indian nurses in Kuwait only via government-run agenciesThe embassy in a statement said the restriction has been in effect since since May 2015 after some private hospitals in Kuwait enquired it ...
10 Apr, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
'Hiring of Indian nurses in Kuwait only via government-run agencies'The embassy in a statement said the restriction has been in effect since since May 2015 after some private hospitals in Kuwait enquired it.
10 Apr, 2017, 09.49 AM IST
India launches online registration system for foreign employersThe system makes it mandatory for the employer to fill in a registration application which will then be vetted by the Indian mission.
02 Jul, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
UAE employers' registration for Indian workers made mandatoryIndia has made it mandatory for employers of Indian workers and nurses in the UAE to register themselves online on a government website bef...
01 Jun, 2015, 07.38 PM IST
93 bodies of Indians waiting to brought back: GovernmentBesides Saudi Arabia, the other countries from where bodies are to be brought back to India include Oman, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon and M...
12 Mar, 2015, 06.08 PM IST
India proposes guidelines for protecting fishermen in BahrainIndian embassy in Bahrain has given a direction to TN government a set of guidelines for the protection of its fishermen coming to work in ...
02 Nov, 2014, 06.32 PM IST
Gujarat, three other states see sharp rise in low-skilled workers going abroadGujarat is among the four states - Odisha, Punjab and Jharkhand - that have witnessed the sharpest increase in the number of workers travel...
11 Sep, 2014, 12.28 PM IST
Over 10,000 workers got emigration clearance for Iraq in 3 years: GovernmentThe Minister said 120 Indians stranded in conflict areas out of estimated 210 citizens have been evacuated so far including 46 nurses in Ti...
17 Jul, 2014, 03.37 PM IST
Rise in South Indian women going abroad for jobsThe number of women workers from South India going abroad, especially to countries in the Persian Gulf for jobs has been steadily increasin...
12 Jul, 2013, 03.22 PM IST
India received $66.13 billion in remittances in 2011-12The remittances to the country through private transfer of funds have been on the rise in the last few years.
07 Sep, 2012, 11.17 PM IST
- Minimum wages hiked for Indian workers in UAE
Skilled and unskilled Indian workers in the UAE will now be guaranteed a minimum wage around 40-50 per cent higher than the present levels,...
16 Mar, 2011, 01.21 AM IST
- I-T okay waived for overseas travel
The Finance Ministry has scrapped the need for mandatory income tax clearance for people leaving India, except in the case of those specifi...
10 Jan, 2003, 04.27 AM IST