Across the gulf: The Hindu Editorial on stranded Indian workers
4 years, 11 months ago

Across the gulf: The Hindu Editorial on stranded Indian workers

The Hindu  

Around eight million people in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries constitute a unique cohort among Indian diaspora communities around the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has nurtured good relations with all rulers of the region but the ongoing crisis is testing the endurance of India’s ties with some of the GCC countries. The UAE government has said it might revise current partnerships concerning labour relations with nations refusing to cooperate with measures to repatriate private sector expatriates who wish to return home. Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala which is home to more than two million Indian immigrants in the Gulf, has said the State is prepared to receive returnees and provide them care.

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Remittances To India From Advanced Economies Surpass Gulf Countries: RBI Bulletin
6 days, 18 hours ago

Remittances To India From Advanced Economies Surpass Gulf Countries: RBI Bulletin

ABP News  

Share of inward remittances from advanced economies, including the US and the UK, has risen, surpassing that of Gulf economies in 2023-24, reflecting a shift in migration pattern towards skilled Indian diaspora, said RBI March Bulletin released on Wednesday. The share of the US in India's total remittances remained largest, rising to 27.7 per cent in 2023-24 from 23.4 per …

Indians in Kuwait and Gulf countries: A look at numbers
9 months, 1 week ago

Indians in Kuwait and Gulf countries: A look at numbers

The Hindu  

The story so far: Around 40 Indians were killed in a massive fire that erupted in a building in Kuwait’s southern district of Al-Mangaf. The Gulf War in the early 1990s had a considerable impact on the Indian population in Kuwait, with over 1.7 lakh Indians requiring to be evacuated by sea and air by the Government of India, but …

Data | Hate remarks against the Prophet: Why does the Gulf matter?
2 years, 9 months ago

Data | Hate remarks against the Prophet: Why does the Gulf matter?

The Hindu  

Following diplomatic backlash from all the countries that are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman — and Iran, the ruling BJP suspended its spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, and the Delhi unit of the party expelled its media cell head, Naveen Kumar, over their remarks on Prophet Mohammad and Islam. One, the …

Why backlash from West Asian nations matters for India
2 years, 9 months ago

Why backlash from West Asian nations matters for India

Live Mint  

India’s ruling party was thrown into prompt damage control mode over the weekend as key West Asian trading partners summoned the country’s diplomatic envoys following alleged Islamophobic remarks by a party spokesperson during a TV debate. In 2021-22, India recorded a total trade of about $189 billion with seven Gulf countries—Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and …

COVID forces India’s former Gulf workers to forge new futures
3 years, 11 months ago

COVID forces India’s former Gulf workers to forge new futures

Al Jazeera  

Pandemic causes biggest return of overseas workers in 50 years, with some desperate to return due to mounting loans. It is not yet dawn but Yeroor village is long awake, the hum of productivity floating over “Gulf Street”, a lush green boulevard named for the thousands of workers who leave the southern Indian state of Kerala every year for jobs …

The Hindu Explains | Should Kuwait’s draft expat bill worry India?
4 years, 8 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Should Kuwait’s draft expat bill worry India?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Kuwait National Assembly is discussing several proposals to reduce the share of foreigners in the country’s population, which is now pegged at 70%. Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Of Interior and State For Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh had also promised last week to send a draft law to the NA within two weeks. Kuwait’s …

UAE stands with India and Indian expatriates
4 years, 9 months ago

UAE stands with India and Indian expatriates

Hindustan Times  

Of the more than 200 nationalities that form the diverse and tolerant society we cherish in the United Arab Emirates, it is difficult to think of a single expatriate community that has contributed more to building the fabric of our nation than people from India. Last year, AED 169 billion in remittances flowed out of UAE — more than half …

Reflections: Workers abroad suffer due to India's apathy
7 years, 7 months ago

Reflections: Workers abroad suffer due to India's apathy

Deccan Chronicle  

The belated flurry of activity over the 39 Indian workers missing in Iraq for more than three years without anyone turning a hair reminds me of the sad photograph of a haggard unshaven man by the pile of bleached skulls in Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng prison which is now a genocide museum. Two million Indians in the US might organise Madison …

Gulf diplomatic crisis: MEA says local authorities assure support for welfare of Indians
7 years, 9 months ago

Gulf diplomatic crisis: MEA says local authorities assure support for welfare of Indians

Firstpost  

India said it is closely monitoring the situation in West Asia and that the countries have assured continued support for the welfare of the Indian diaspora New Delhi: India on Saturday said it is closely monitoring the situation in West Asia where several countries led by Saudi Arabia have cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar, and that the countries have …

Gulf diplomatic crisis isolates Doha: What does it mean for Indians living in Qatar?
7 years, 9 months ago

Gulf diplomatic crisis isolates Doha: What does it mean for Indians living in Qatar?

Firstpost  

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said India didn’t foresee any problems for its bilateral relations in the Gulf as it “is an internal matter”. Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said India didn’t foresee any problems for its bilateral relations in the Gulf as it “is an internal matter of GCC ”, The Times of India reported. But for Indians living …

No pay, 500 Indians suffer in Bahrain
8 years ago

No pay, 500 Indians suffer in Bahrain

The Hindu  

A large number of Indian workers in Bahrain have sought the support of the Ministry of External Affairs, continuing the trend of difficulties faced by labourers from India in Gulf countries. Mission is working for a speedy resolution to the issue.” The news from Bahrain came even as the Telangana government reached out to Ms Swaraj seeking to free twenty-nine …

Stranded Indian workers in the Gulf need more than a return ticket
8 years, 7 months ago

Stranded Indian workers in the Gulf need more than a return ticket

Live Mint  

Bengaluru/New Delhi: Finding a way to fly back home is just the tip of the iceberg as far as the problems faced by the unemployed Indian workers stuck in the Gulf are concerned. Singh’s visit last week, Saudi Arabia agreed to give exit visas to hundreds of jobless Indian workers to go back home at its own expense. In New …

87% complaints of 'exploitation' received from Indian workers from Gulf countries
8 years, 7 months ago

87% complaints of 'exploitation' received from Indian workers from Gulf countries

Firstpost  

As thousands of laid-off Indian workers in Saudi Arabia were said to be without food, 87 percent of complaints received from Indian workers at Indian missions across nine countries were from six Gulf countries By Chaitanya Mallapur As thousands of laid-off Indian workers in Saudi Arabia were said to be without food, 87 percent of complaints received from Indian workers …

Money or dignity: The dilemma of Indians in the Gulf
8 years, 7 months ago

Money or dignity: The dilemma of Indians in the Gulf

Hindustan Times  

At the time of drought, a distressed farmer often deserts his cattle unable to provide fodder and water. That some 10,000 Indian workers are starving in the Middle East after being laid off by their employers amid an economic downturn is not surprising, as they are not viewed any differently from cattle in the region. India may be a nuclear …

Govt looking to evacuate Indian workers from Saudi Arabia
8 years, 7 months ago

Govt looking to evacuate Indian workers from Saudi Arabia

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India is looking at evacuating a large number of its expatriate workers facing an uncertain future in Saudi Arabia after job cuts in the construction industry, a government official said on Sunday. More than 10,000 Indians working in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are estimated by India to be without jobs after low oil prices forced governments in the …

‘Indian professionals enjoy working in Gulf’
9 years, 1 month ago

‘Indian professionals enjoy working in Gulf’

The Hindu  

Indian-origin professionals living in the six Gulf Cooperation Council nations feel secure, happy and fulfilled in their host countries, according to a survey conducted by The Western Union Company. This was followed by 53.7 per cent for the comfort offered by friendships developed in their host countries, and another 53.7 per cent who said they felt at home, because they …

Of human bondage
10 years, 8 months ago

Of human bondage

The Hindu  

THE flow of low-wage workers from India to West Asia, which began with the oil boom in the Gulf countries in the 1970s, has all along brought with it concerns about human rights abuses that migrant workers are subjected to in many host countries. The report, “Exploited Dreams: Dispatches from Indian migrant workers in Saudi Arabia”, based on interviews with …

Indian workers, lost in a gulf of despair
12 years, 7 months ago

Indian workers, lost in a gulf of despair

The Hindu  

The West Asia or the popular Gulf region is bestowed with a wealth of resources, that translates to a significant amount of deployable capital for economic and industrial activity, but the region is heavily dependent on imported labour to develop and sustain its economic activities. According to a 2010 World Bank Report, the Gulf nations Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, …

The slavery of Gulf workers: Why we don't give a damn!
12 years, 9 months ago

The slavery of Gulf workers: Why we don't give a damn!

Firstpost  

Gulf countries treat Indians like modern-day slaves, and yet this situation provokes little outrage. It’s hardly news that far too many Indian workers in the Gulf are subject to horrific working and living conditions. Those Gulf workers may be a wee bit embarrassing, but they’re the reason why Indian foreign remittances are the highest in the world. As a parting …

Krishna Asks Embassies In Gulf To Look After Indian Expats
12 years, 11 months ago

Krishna Asks Embassies In Gulf To Look After Indian Expats

India TV News  

Dubai, Apr 15: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today asked Indian embassies in gulf nations to actively engage local governments to better the living and working conditions of millions of Indians in the region, who are the largest contributors of remittances back home. On a three-day visit to UAE during which Krishna will sign key agreements on double taxation …

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