The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs proposes to set up a “Council for Promotion of Overseas Employment” as a society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. The proposed Council will function as a strategic ‘Think Tank’ and respond to the changes in the international labour market on areas time basis to identify future overseas employment opportunities, the emerging labour supply gaps, country/sector specific skill requirements, make realistic projections and plans for overseas deployment of workers, disseminate relevant information to potential emigrants and implement a sustained skill upgradation programme to match the market requirement. Cabinet has approved the setting up of the Council. To make the emigration process simple, efficient and transparent the Ministry has already taken steps to introduce e-governance in emigration and to modernize the offices of the Protectors of Emigrants (POEs). As a part of the e-governance project, all the eight offices of Protector Emigrants (POEs) at Delhi, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad. Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin & Chennai have already been computerized. To ensure comprehensive e-emigration, the e-governance project envisages connecting all stakeholders in the same electronic platform.
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