Politics

India- Saudi Group on Nitaqat Fallout India and Saudi Arabia have set up a joint group headed by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Minister for Labour Affairs Mr. Ahamed Al Humaidan and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy Mr. Sibi George, to help Indian expats hit by the Nitaqat policy to either find other jobs in the Kingdom or provide a smooth exit out of the country, reports said. Nitaqat...

Political Push For India-EU FTA The negotiations for an India-European Union Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA), which have been receiving attention in recent times got the much-needed political push from India and Germany during the visit of Dr. Manmohan Singh to Berlin, reports said. Germany has agreed to support the free trade agreement after the Indian side assured the Germ...

Electronic RTI For NRIs The government of India has launched a service all Electronic Indian Postal Order (eIPO) that allows non-resident Indians (NRIs) to file applications under the Right to Information Act through the electronic process, reports said. Reports said that that now the Department of Posts service will permit NRIs to purchase an Indian postal order electronically by paying a ...

India-Mauritius DTAA by April India and Mauritius are expected to sort out their differences on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) by April 2013 when the two countries will meet to discuss the issue reports said quoting the Mauritius Prime Minister Mr. Navichandra Ramgoolam. The Prime Minister has discussed the issue with the Indian President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee during the visi...

Germany Relaxes Immigration Rules Germany has decided to make immigration laws for engineering, train driving and plumbing easier to address the chronic shortage of these professionals in the country, reports said. The Cabinet has passed the new immigration rules pending approval by Parliament's upper house. This move will allow these skilled workers to get their qualifications recognized i...

Hollande Visits India The President of France, Francois Hollande was in India on a two-day trip that is expected to spur investment between the two countries, reports said. The President was accompanied by some of his key ministers including defence, trade, commerce and foreign affairs. Paris has evinced interest in investing in India's infrastructure sector as we all health and education r...

India Seeks Review of Migrants Cap in UK At a time when the Indians have overtaken the Irish as the largest foreign-born ethnic group in England and Wales, New Delhi is requesting London to reconsider its proposed cap on non-EU migrants, news reports said. The UK government, reports said is proposing to introduce an annual cap on the number of non-EU economic migrants admitted into the UK t...

11th PBD: President, PM Urge Deeper India-Diaspora Connect The 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held from January 7-9, 2013 at Kochi focused on the measures that will help deepen the engagement between the diaspora and India in the coming years, news reports said. The President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, in his valedictory address called upon the non-resident Indian's to invest in India. H...

Hat-Trick For Modi, Congress Wrests HP The much-awaited results of the two state level elections - Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh - were announced recently. The incumbent Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi won a third consecutive term for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which registered the fifth consecutive victory in Gujarat, reports said. In Himachal Pradesh the Congress wrested pow...

Reforms To Get Another Leg Up The government, which has been pushing economic reforms continuously over the past few months to break the policy logjam has now promised more action in the coming months but cautioned that global developments will have an increasing impact on the economy in terms of foreign trade and capital flows. Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram said that it was early to s...