(a) the details of Foreign Employment Bureaus set up in the country, State-wise;
(b) the details of persons registered with the Bureau in Gujarat during the last three
years and the current year; and
(c) the number of persons from Gujarat to whom employment have been given during the said period?
MINISTER OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS (SHRI VAYALAR RAVI)
(a) & (b): The Ministry has not set up any Foreign Employment Bureau in the country.
Recruitment for overseas employment is done either by foreign employers directly or by
recruitment agencies authorised on their behalf. Some states including Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh and Kerala have state owned overseas employment recruitment agencies.
(c): Emigration of Emigration Check Required (ECR) category of Indian workers seeking
employment in 17 notified countries is regulated under the Emigration Act, 1983.
The number of such persons from Gujarat who emigrated to the ECR Countries during the last
three years are given below: -
Year Number of emigrants from Gujarat
2007 20066 2008 15716 2009 9185 2010 6865 (upto Oct.)