Saudi Arabia's Nitaqat scheme favouring locals to hit migrant workers from India

[Migrant Labour - Related News]

India's reign of being the top remittance-receiving country in the world may soon be over as Saudi Arabia's revised Nitaqat or Saudisation scheme could affect thousands of Indian migrant workers in the oil-rich Kingdom. From September 2017, only a handful of organisations with high grades - based on number of Saudi nationals employed by them and other criteria - will be able to apply for new block visas for migrant employees, TOI reported.