India to Sign Labor Pact with Gulf Nations

By NRI Realty News Desk · January 1, 2026

India is all prepared to sign a labour pact with Kuwait after
the Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi will pay
a visit to the country from April 8.

The minister also has plans to visit Qatar as part of his trip
to the Gulf region. Close by the heels of the pact that India
signed with UAE last year, the country would be signing the pact
similar to that with Kuwait. Ravi will stay in Kuwait for three
days and then move to Qatar, another country India is looking
forward to sign the deal with.

He will be meeting the ministers of both the countries. However,
there are some issues that need to be resolved. For that reason,
it may some time to the country to sign the final agreement with
Qatar later, says Ravi. The similar pact would be signed with
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman. On asking the advantage of signing
the labour pact with UAE, the minister expressed confidence to
have put a step forward in a direction to improve the condition
of Indian laborers there. As per the Labor Pact, the salaries
would be paid through a bank.

Further, medical insurance has to be borne by the employer.
And, workers will be entitled to a smart card that contains all
essential details about the worker. Also, there is a toll free
number in all labor camps. The Labour Pact will not work within
a particular scope but would be widened in due course of time.

It would also include unorganized workers and housemaids as
well. The minister is also pondering over to improve insurance
benefits offered by the companies to Non Resident Indians (NRIs).
A number of south Indian states have shown large interests to
establish a university for NRIs
and PIOs. Surprisingly, Kerala is not among these states.

However, 50% of the seats will be reserved for the children of
NRIs and PIO and the remaining 50% for Indian residents. The Kerala
Government has also set aside the required land and the centre
of learning by overseas Indian Trusts would come up here.

The complete set up will be developed under the supervision of
the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Many NRIs in the US have
already expressed their desire to be a part of such universities
which would be set up by only recognized educational institutions.

The seat of learning is expected to be a boon for the PIOs and
NRIs living across in nearly 130 countries. Students from these
countries especially the developing ones, where educational facilities
are limited, look up to India for higher studies.