Lok Sabha Question No. 1403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Non-Payment to Workers
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1403 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## NON - PAYMENT TO WORKERS

## 1403. SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether   the   Government   was   in   receipt   of   representations   from   NRI employees/workers working in various countries with regard to non-payment as agreed in the agreement form and cheating by the employers of private companies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of such cases received during the past seven years including the current year, country-wise /year-wise; and
- (c)  the details of action taken /being taken for disposal of these cases?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) & (b) From time to time, the Indian Missions abroad receive complaints regarding   non-payment   of   agreed   wages   and   cheating   by   employers.   Many countries do not share data with others, including Indian Missions abroad on the figure of foreign employees in their country citing data privacy and similar laws. Resultantly, precise data of such cases are not available with the Government. However,   as   reported   by   the   Indian   Missions   abroad,   a   statement   showing number representations from NRI employees/workers working in various countries with regard to non-payment and cheating by employers is annexed.

(c) On receipt of complaints from or on behalf of the emigrants, the same are addressed urgently by the Indian Missions by suitably taking up the issues with the concerned local government authorities for resolution. Complaints pertaining to employment related issues are also taken up by the Indian Missions directly with the concerned foreign employer, wherever possible, for prompt redressal.

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|   S. No | Name of Country   | 2012   | 2013   | 2014   | Year 201 5   | Year 201 6   | Year 201 7   | Year 201 8   | Year 2019 as on (31.10.201 9)   |
|---------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | Afghanistan       | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | NIL          | NIL          | NIL          | 1                               |
|       2 | Bahrain           | NIL    | 647    | 821    | 693          | 693          | 792          | 466          | 570                             |
|       3 | Iraq              | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 10           | 9            | 4            | NIL                             |
|       4 | Jordan            | NA     | NIL    | NIL    |              | 6            | 1            | 10           | 1                               |
|       5 | Kuwait            | NA     | 796    | 1177   | 1015         | 936          | 1468         | 1394         | 1809                            |
|       6 | Malaysia          | 495    | 520    | 1351   | 1450         | 1087         | 1085         | 322          | 417                             |
|       7 | Oman              | 2437   | 1697   | 1272   | 969          | 2245         | 4144         | 3594         | 2308                            |
|       8 | Qatar             | 378    | 455    | 512    | 565          | 581          | 447          | 458          | 265                             |
|       9 | Sudan             | 5      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 13           | 10           | 8            | 1                               |
|      10 | Saudi Arabia      | 1987   | 2866   | 3732   | 2921         | 6437         | 5014         | 7425         | 3844                            |
|      11 | UAE               | 1578   | 1104   | 1718   | 1936         | 2368         | 3756         | 2153         | 2493                            |
|      12 | Syria             | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | NIL          | NIL          | NIL          | 117                             |
|      13 | Russia            | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 1            | 22           | 2            | 16                              |
|      14 | Uzbekistan        | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | 7            | 1            | NIL          | NIL          | 81                              |
|      15 | Nepal             | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 5            | 1            | 2            | 1                               |
|      16 | South Africa      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | 3            | 1            | 1            | 5            | 1                               |
|      17 | Tanzania          | NA     | NA     | NA     | 15           | 9            | 10           | 5            | 3                               |
|      18 | Israel            | NA     | NA     | NA     | NA           | 1            | 1            | 1            | NIL                             |
|      19 | Romania           | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | NIL          | NIL          | 1            | 176                             |
|      20 | Madagascar        | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 1            | 1            | 1            | 2                               |
|      21 | Myanmar           | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 2            | 1            | 1            | 70                              |
|      22 | Rwanda            | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | NIL          | NIL          | NIL          | 1                               |
|      23 | Sri Lanka         | NA     | NA     | 48     | 112          | 132          | 285          | 254          | 226                             |
|      24 | Ivory Coast       | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | 2            | 7            | 7            | 14           | 20                              |
|      25 | Mozambique        | NIL    | NIL    | 39     | NIL          | 19           | 2            | 5            | 2                               |
|      26 | Iran              | 65     | 43     | 84     | 80           | 146          | 170          | 200          | 4                               |
|      27 | Angola            | 1      | 1      | 1      | 3            | 5            | 9            | 9            | 4                               |
|      28 | Turkey            | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 1            | 1            | NIL          | 2                               |
|      29 | Poland            | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 7            | NIL          | 1            | 1                               |
|      30 | Kenya             | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 3            | 2            | 4            | 1                               |
|      31 | Malta             | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 1            | NIL          | NIL          | NIL                             |
|      32 | Algiers           | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | 40           | 18           | 134          | 25           | 81                              |
|      33 | Germany           | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 4            | 2            | 5            | 2                               |
|      34 | China             | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | 1            | 6            | 4            | 3            | 5                               |
|      35 | Seychelles        | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | 5            | 6            | 20           | 15           | 20                              |
|      36 | Zanzibar          | NA     | NA     | NA     | NA           | NA           | NA           | NA           | 1                               |
|      37 | Nigeria           | 2      | 1      | 1      | 17           | 38           | 21           | 19           | 17                              |
|      38 | Egypt             | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | 1            | 2            | 1            | 1                               |
|      39 | Slovakia          | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | NIL          | NIL          | 1            | NIL                             |
|      40 | Mauritius         | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | 1            | 1            | NIL          | 1            | 3                               |
|      41 | Malawi            | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | NIL          | NIL          | 1            | 2            | 2                               |
|      43 | Maldives          | NIL    | NIL    | NIL    | 209          | 228          | 200          | 246          | 270                             |

| 44   | Laos                      | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | NIL     | NIL     | NIL 1   |
|------|---------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|---------|---------|
| 45   | Singapore                 | NIL   | 412   | 451   | 451   | 683     | 732 640 | 698     |
| 46   | Vietnam                   | NIL   | 1     | 2     | 1     | 2 1     | 2       | 2       |
| 47   | Fiji                      | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | 1     | 2 1     | 1       | NIL     |
| 48   | Mongolia                  | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | NIL   | NIL NIL | NIL     | 1       |
| 49   | Brunei                    | NA    | NIL   | NIL   | 2     | 5 3     | 5       | 13      |
| 50   | Ethiopia                  | 2     | 4     | -     | 3     | 16 21   | 12      | 11      |
| 51   | Australia                 | NR    | NR    | NR    | 2     | 7 5     | 8       | 7       |
| 52   | Bangladesh                | NR    | NR    | NR    | 2     | 3 1     | 3       | 1       |
| 53   | Canada                    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 7     | 11 6    | 6       | 3       |
| 54   | Dem Republic of the Congo | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1     | 4       | 2       | 1       |
| 55   | Ghana                     | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1     | 8 2     | 1       | 3       |
| 58   | New Zealand               | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1     | 1 2     | NIL     | NIL     |
| 59   | Philippines               | NR    | NR    | NR    | 4     | NIL 2   | NIL     | NIL     |
| 60   | Spain                     | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1     | NIL NIL | NIL     | NIL     |
| 62   | Uganda                    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 4     | 5 10    | 2       | 1       |
| 63   | United Kingdom            | NR    | NR    | NR    | 2     | 9 13    | 2       | 5       |
| 64   | USA                       | NR    | NR    | NR    | 4     | 18 15   | 15      | 13      |
| 65   | Armenia                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 NIL   | 2       | NIL     |
| 66   | Belgium                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 NIL   | NIL     | NIL     |
| 67   | Cambodia                  | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 7 1     | NIL     | 52      |
| 68   | Finland                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 1     | NIL     | NIL     |
| 69   | France                    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 5 1     | 2       | 1       |
| 70   | Hungary                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 NIL   | NIL     | NIL     |
| 71   | Italy                     | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 2 1     | 2       | 1       |
| 72   | Japan                     | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 1     | 1       | NIL     |
| 73   | Kazakhstan                | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 NIL   | NIL     | NIL     |
| 74   | Portugal                  | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 1     | NIL     | 1       |
| 75   | Senegal                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 NIL   | 2       | 2       |
| 76   | Suriname                  | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 NIL   | NIL     | NIL     |
| 77   | Sweden                    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 3 1     | NIL     | NIL     |
| 79   | Zambia                    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 5 2     | 4       | 4       |
| 80   | Zimbabwe                  | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | 1 NIL   | NIL     | NIL     |
| 81   | Algeria                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 5    | NIL     | 1       |
| 82   | Austria                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 1    | NIL     | NIL     |
| 83   | Brazil                    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 2    | NIL     | NIL     |
| 85   | Colombia                  | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 1    | 1       | 1       |
| 86   | Czech Republic            | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 1    |         | NIL     |
| 87   |                           |       |       |       |       |         | NIL     |         |
|      | Guyana Mexico             | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 3 1  | NIL     | NIL     |
| 88   |                           | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR      | NIL     | NIL     |
| 89   | Netherlands               | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 2    | 1       | NIL     |
| 90   | Pakistan                  | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 1    | NIL     | NIL     |
| 91   | Papua New Guinea          | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 1    | NIL     | NIL     |
| 92   | Senegal                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 11   | NIL     | NIL     |
| 93   | Spain                     | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR 3    | NIL     | NIL     |
| 95   | Cyprus                    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR NR   | 2       | NIL     |
| 96   | Denmark                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR NR   | 1       | NIL     |
| 97   | Ireland                   | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR    | NR NR   | 1       | NIL     |

|   98 | Kyrgyzstan   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | 2   | NIL   |
|------|--------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-----|-------|
|   99 | Mali         | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | 1   | NIL   |
|  100 | Bhutan       | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR  | 1     |
|  101 | Switzerland  | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR  | 1     |
|  102 | Ukraine      | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR   | NR  | 1     |

* Source: Indian Missions and

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