In a bid to address India’s worsening unemployment problem, the Indian government has ruled that it will issue employment visas only to migrant workers hired for highly skilled jobs that earn an annual salary of over US$25,000.
The new policy was announced in a release by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), as reported by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
The DFA said India’s Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that employment visa will not be issued to routine jobs that can be filled by qualified Indian nationals, such as secretaries and clerks.
The department clarified, however, that the precondition of an annual salary of US$25,000 will not apply to ethnic cooks, language teachers (other than English teachers), and to those working for foreign embassies in India.
Along with the new salary policy, India also scrapped a Labor Ministry circular allowing only “one per cent foreigners among the total work force in any project composed of 5-10 people.”
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s The World Factbook website estimated that in 2009, unemployment rate in India was 10.7 percent, up from 10.4 percent in 2008.
In 2009, some 1,010 Filipino workers were deployed to India in the professional, medical and technical fields, according to records from the POEA.
The Commission on Filipinos Overseas meanwhile estimates that as of December 2009, there were over 1,600 Filipinos in India as permanent residents, and as temporary and irregular workers.—Jerrie Abella/DM, GMANews.TV
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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