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60,000 Indians register at Indian missions in
Saudi Arabia
Monday April 29, 2013 06:49:37 PM,
IANS
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Dubai:
Around 60,000 Indian workers have registered in the Indian embassy
in Riyadh and the consulate general in Jeddah in the wake of the
new Saudi labour policy, according to India's Minister for
Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi.
These people have been rushing to take advantage of an amnesty
scheme being offered by the country's ruler King Abdullah, the
Saudi Gazette reported Monday.
The new policy, called Nitaqat, makes it mandatory for all Saudi
companies to reserve 10 percent of jobs for Saudi nationals.
According to Ravi, who was attending an Indian community reception
hosted by India's consul general Faiz Ahmed Kiwai at the Indian
consulate in Jeddah Sunday evening, his ministry will meet the
expenses for hiring temporary staff to overcome the crisis created
by the huge turnout of Indian workers who want to go home.
“We are also interacting with the community leaders and will
apprise the prime minister of India about the real situation
arising out of the Nitaqat implementation and the ideal steps to
be taken in this regard,” he was quoted as saying.
However, the report said that, in a press conference earlier in
the day, the minister did not answer a question as to whether
these workers will be provided with air tickets.
Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Hamid Ali Rao urged Indian
workers to take advantage of the amnesty scheme and either rectify
their status in the kingdom or return home.
There are around 1.8 million expatriate Indians in that Gulf
nation.
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