Riyadh, July 10 (IANS)
Saudi Arabia has started issuing recruitment visas for domestic
maids from India under a new employment contract finalised by the two nations, media reported Thursday.
Saudi Deputy
labour Minister Mufarrij Al-Huqbani said in a statement that the joint Saudi-Indian joint committee on
labour issues finalised the recruitment contract that consist of several provisions to ensure the authenticity and implementation of the standard employment contract, the recruitment cost, action against recruitment agencies violating laws and a mechanism to prevent cheating by middlemen, the
Saudi Gazette reported. This is the first time that the
Indian government has entered into a
labour cooperation pact with the
Saudi Arabia. The new recruitment will
ease the
shortage of domestic workers in the country.
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