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Govt relaxes rules for people in Gulf nations to hire Indian women as maids

The government has made it easier for foreigners to hire Indian women in jobs such as housemaids in their countries, a measure aimed at combating shrinking offshore jobs and growing illegal recruitment rackets. Prospective employers from 18 ‘ECR’ countries, which includes those in the Gulf region, Indonesia and Malaysia, will no longer need to deposit […]

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Now, a software to capture data of seafarers going abroad on work

The Hindu Business Line | 22 August 2017 Seafarers going abroad to work on ships beware! Those who have secured placement through a recruitment agent not registered with or licensed by India’s maritime regulator will not be allowed to leave the country. The Director General of Shipping (DGS) is cracking the whip on recruitment and

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Indian embassy thwarts 700 bogus job offers in six months

Anjana Sankar | July 2, 2017 Khaleej Times Of 792 inquiries received by the embassy, only 66 turned out to be genuine. The Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi has thwarted more than 700 fake job offers made to its citizens in the last six months, the Indian ambassador said. “Between January and June 2017 alone,

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PoE issues advisory on foreign recruitment ads

The Hindu 19 March 2017 Most of the ads do not follow the instructions of MoEA The Protector of Emigrants (PoE) has issued an advisory to media houses against publishing employment advertisements for foreign jobs without verifying the credentials of the recruitment agencies. The advisory assumes importance in the light of foreign recruitment rackets that

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7 steps for recovering money if you become victim of an online recruitment scam

The Indian Express | February 9, 2017 The number of online scams are on the rise and online recruitment scams are also being reported more often. A typical scam email or advertisement will mention a spoofed email id of a reputed company and will either offer you a job via email, or will place a

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Indian states move to organise labour supply

1 March 2016, Gulf news Governments of two major Indian states have moved to protect blue collar workers from exploitation by recruitment agents, officials said. Two delegations led by ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Telangana states are here for employers and UAE officials to ascertain ways of creating a safe migration system. Around 60,000 Indians

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Recruitment agencies unaware of ‘change’ in UAE labour rules

28 December 2015, The Times of India Official recruitment agencies in Kerala have expressed ignorance about the changes in UAE’s work permit rules that come into force from January next year. Quoting extensively from a report that appeared in an Arabic daily ‘Al Bayan’, some English news websites had reported that the country’s labour department

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India eases online system for foreign recruitment

2 September 2015, Khaleej Times The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs on Monday issued an order directing changes in the system. The Indian government has modified its online recruitment system after a plethora of complaints from foreign employers, workers and recruitment agencies. Due to glitches in the ‘eMigrate system’, thousands of blue-collar Indian workers lost

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