Bringing order to disorder: Wars without winners allow India to offer a safe path to economic recoveryPolitical aspirations in Ukraine and West Asia have become counterproductive due to prolonged warfare. Recognizing this, India is proposing...
01 Sep, 2026, 11.43 PM IST
Over 3,800 Indians deported from US in 2025Over 3,800 Indian nationals were deported from the US in 2025, with the government informing the Rajya Sabha about measures against illegal...
05 Feb, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
MEA makes emigration clearance mandatory for Indians going to IranThe Ministry of External Affairs has withdrawn the exemption for Indians travelling to Iran, making emigration clearance mandatory. In its ...
29 Aug, 2025, 11.49 AM IST
A new law in the works for safe, orderly migrationThe government is considering a new law to promote safe and orderly migration for overseas employment, replacing the Emigration Act of 1983...
06 Feb, 2025, 03.13 PM IST
External Affairs Ministry, SBI ink MoU to enhance digital payment services for eMigrate portal usersThe Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the State Bank of India (SBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Saturday to enhance ...
15 Jun, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
Bringing it all back home in dollopsIndia is expected to receive inward remittances of $125 billion in the fiscal year 2023-24, making it the top recipient globally. The surge...
20 Dec, 2023, 10.41 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
Lockdown in India has impacted 40 million internal migrants: World BankAccording to the report -- 'COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens' -- the magnitude of internal migration is about two-and-a-half times ...
23 Apr, 2020, 09.27 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
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
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
UP, Bihar sending more non-skilled workers abroad than Tamil Nadu, KeralaNumber of emigrants with ECR (Emigration Check Required) endorsement from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar has since last year surpassed Kerala and ...
11 Jun, 2012, 10.23 PM IST
India set to reap benefits of demographic shift in WestMinistry of overseas Indian affairs secretary K Mohandas speaks to ET on the EU’s changing demographic mix and the opportunity for India’s ...
12 May, 2008, 03.41 AM IST
- Laws soon to protect workers abroad
The govt aims to put in place a robust mechanism to save job-seeking emigrants from exploitation.
07 Nov, 2006, 03.55 PM IST