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NSDC signs MoU with Saudi Arabian government to protect rights of skilled labourers from India

The registration process will be free of cost and skilled labourers from all categories can register themselves on NSDC.

ByPTI

Published Dec 15, 2023 | 7:13 PM ⚊UpdatedDec 15, 2023 | 7:13 PM

NSDC signs MoU with Saudi Arabian government.

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Saudi Arabia to protect the rights of skilled labourers from India.

“Skilled labourers in India can register themselves at NSDC, after which we will come to know where they are going, for what work, and with whom they will be working,” NSDC CEO Ved Mani Tiwari said.

The registration process will be free of cost, he said, adding that skilled labourers from all categories, including AC mechanics and car painters, can register themselves at NSDC.

“Skill India Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Currently, we are working with 13 countries and, in the coming days, we are going to open 30 skill international centres,” he said.

“It is not true that all agents through whom people go to Saudi Arabia from India are bad, and if people want to go via agents, they may do so, but they have to register at NSDC,” he said, adding that the documentation will be done through NSDC.

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‘Wage protection system is in place’

Meanwhile, Ahmed Al Yamani, Vice-Chairman of the recently-concluded Global Labour Market Conference (GLMC) held in Riyadh, said a wage protection system and freedom of mobility will be offered to Indian labourers working in Saudi Arabia.

He said that a wage protection system is in place with an electronic version and the intention is to ensure that every worker gets paid in time.

If a company or organisation does not comply with the wage protection system, its services will be frozen, meaning it cannot work with the government.

Organisers of the conference said they are looking to turn GLMC into an annual event.

Minister of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia, Ahmad bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi, said 6,652 people from 40 countries attended the conference.

“What is clear to me is that we should continue to exchange ideas on how best to prepare our labour markets to be inclusive of all,” he said.

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