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UAE and India to sign renewed labour agreement
Revised pact is expected to be ready by the end of the year
- By Binsal Abdul Kader and Samihah Zaman, Staff Reporters
- Published: 00:00 May 28, 2010
- Image Credit: Abdul Rahman/Gulf News
- Vayalar Ravi, Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, is seen talking at the India Social and Cultural Centre's community meeting in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Also pictured are Indian ambassador MK Lokesh, Emke Group managing director Yousuf Ali, NMC Group managing director Dr BR Shetty, and Indian Social Centre president Thomas Varghese.
Abu Dhabi: The UAE and India are expected to sign a new labour agreement by the end of the year, a senior Indian official said.
Vayalar Ravi, the Indian Overseas Affairs Minister, met Saqr Gobash Saeed Gobash, the UAE labour minister, on Wednesday to firm up the existing agreement on workers who move between the two countries.
Ravi said Gobash was keen for the existing memorandum of understanding between the two countries about the flow of workers needed to be expanded.
Some of the measures mentioned in the agreement needed to be more effective at the ground level.
He was speaking to reporters at Indian Social Centre in Abu Dhabi after meeting Indian community members.
Ravi said he had agreed and that further discussions on the proposed changes would take place shortly.
Ravi expressed hope that the new MoU could be signed between the two countries in New Delhi before the end of winter.
Ravi said he had invited Gobash to visit India.
The existing memorandum of understanding, which was signed in 2006, will expire this year.
Empost to add a day
Empost centres, which provide Indian passport services, will be open for business on Fridays very soon, the Indian Ambassador said on Wednesday.
This decision has been made after a request from the Indian community in Al Ain, MK Lokesh said at Abu Dhabi Indian Social Centre. "Instead of Fridays, the centres will remain closed on Saturdays", he said.
He said this change would be implemented in Al Ain only as no such request had come up in other parts of the country.
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