Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
Starting August 1, insurance will be mandatory for all Emigration Check Required (ECR) category passport holders seeking jobs in 18 countries that have been notified by India. The move, mooted by the ministry of external affairs (MEA) through the Pravasi Bharatiya Bima Yojana 2017 scheme, will benefit nearly 70% of blue-collared workers proceeding for overseas employment, especially to the Gulf Coorportion Council (GCC) countries. More than six lakh Indian workers with ECR passports go abroad every year to work as skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers in industrial, construction, sanitation, domestic and agricultural sectors.
