MOIA ( Ministry of Overseas Indians Affairs ) has just
launched a web site :
www.emigrate.gov.in
Without doubt , a very useful initiative to protect the
interests of ( mostly ) , manual workers taking up jobs in Gulf Countries
The site requires registration from :
> Foreign
Employers wanting to hire Indian workers for posting abroad
> Indian Recruitment
Agencies working on behalf of such Foreign Employers
> Indian
Companies taking their workers abroad for executing projects
emigrate.in , even provides some data about approximate
prevailing wages that Indian workers may expect to get in a few foreign
countries
So , what are the missing links ?
> This web
site is meant to be used only by various Government Agencies
and what it
calls , " Partners " ( ie : Foreign Employers / Indian
Recruitment Agencies
/ Indian Project Exporters )
> It does not
host searchable databases of ,
* Manual job vacancies available abroad
* Manual workers ( Unskilled / Semi-Skilled /
Skilled ) available in India
Now consider the following :
> These
days , most every country is facing a slow-down of its economy
> As a
result , Foreign Companies are under pressure to cut costs
> To cut
costs , these companies are often retrenching employees
> For the
same reason , these foreign companies are " Outsourcing "
their
" Back-Office Jobs " to India / Malaysia / Indonesia / Philippines
etc
> In nearly
all countries , unemployment is steadily rising
> As a
result , there is a strong resentment against foreign workers
> Since
foreign workers work for lesser wages , they are looked upon as
snatching
away jobs from native population
> Soon ,
thousands of illegal migrants from North African countries , who
are
currently flooding the European countries - and facing strong local
resistance -
will start rushing to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries ,
which are
today , primary destinations of manual Indian workers.
For reasons of religion and language , they
will score over the Indians
Also consider scenario closer at home in India :
> India
adds some 12 million people to its workforce each year
> Of these
, some 3.5 million are " Graduates "
> These
graduates are unemployable as " Workers " , since they do not
possess
any " Manual Skills " ( Carpenter / Electrician / Plumber etc )
> And they
don't want to work as " Unskilled Labor " - at home or abroad !
> Some 430 lakhs
of them are already registered with 900+ Employment
Exchanges -
which can find jobs for only 1 lakh per year !
> These 430
lakh resumes ( applicants ) are unavailable for searching and
short-listing
, by any Foreign or Indian Project Employer, visiting ,
www.emigrate.gov.in
> Nor does
emigrate.gov.in , carry any searchable listing of jobs abroad,
which these
430 lakh jobseekers can search and directly "Apply Online ",
without
having to depend upon the intermediaries ( recruitment agents )
At this stage , it is worth asking ourselves :
> Are there
clear - and present - indicators that physical export of Indian
Manual
Labour is bound to sharply decline in next 2/3 years ?
> On the
other hand , is there a clear opportunity for India's millions of
graduates ,
to offer their " Digital Back Office Services " to Foreign
companies ,
who do not face as much resistance to " Outsourcing " as
they do with
physical presence of Indians on their own soil ?
Virtual
office operations carried out from India and delivered over
Internet ,
are inconspicuous ! And a god-sent opportunity for
India's
teeming self-employed " Freelancers " , who can deliver such
services at
globally competitive prices.
> Is it not
the right time for Central Government to become "Proactive"
and launch a
Virtual Employment Exchange ( VEE ) , as outlined in
" W3F ( World Wide
Work Federation ) ",
described on my personal site
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hemen parekh
04 July, 2015
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