Lok Sabha Question No. 1758 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Paperless Emigration
Ministry: OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## Government of India Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1758

To be answered on 9th December, 2015

## Paperless Emigration

## 1758. SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received complaints regarding the delay in emigration clearance, despite the installation of the e-migrate system;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the measures adopted to address these grievances;
- (c) whether Indian were  requested to expedite the registration of Foreign Employers under the e-migrate system;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the status of the request as on date;
- (e) whether some of the foreign employees have shown reluctance to register under the e-migrate system and if so, whether any remedial measures have been in place for the same; and put
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS GENERAL V.K. SINGH (RETD:)

- a) to (f): e-Migrate system was launched on 26th 2014 in Protector of Emigrants(POE) Delhi office and then subsequently it was launched in all POE offices in a phased manner prior to the decision to issue all emigration clearances only through e-Migrate system with effect from 25th September 2014. May,

Emigration Clearance granted during 2014 and 2015 for the period January September, is as under:

|               |   No: of Emigration Clearance |   No: of Emigration Clearance |
|---------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Month         |                          2014 |                          2015 |
| January       |                         69259 |                         76479 |
| February      |                         62472 |                         69144 |
| March         |                         80753 |                         88187 |
| April         |                         79939 |                         84158 |
| May           |                         83466 |                         79812 |
| June          |                         80619 |                         63977 |
| July          |                         75477 |                         65017 |
| August        |                         27107 |                         53197 |
| September     |                         67567 |                         55138 |
| Total in year |                        626659 |                        635109 |

However, the registration of Foreign employers (FEs) under the eMigrate system through the Indian Missions was taken up in phased manner starting from June, 2015 as follows: 1st

| SI: No.   | Criteria of No of workers           | Schedule        |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|           | FEs recruiting more than 150        | 1st June 2015   |
| 2         | FEs recruiting More than 50 workers | July 2015 1st   |
| 3         | FEs recruiting More than 20 workers | 1st Aug 2015    |
|           | AII FEs                             | 1stOctober 2015 |

The e-Migrate system aims to provide efficiency and transparency in the recruitment of Emigration Check Required (ECR) category Indian workers for overseas employment: The complaints received regarding e-Migrate are largely in the nature of initial teething troubles of an governance project: The stakeholders, such as Indian Missions and recruiting agents have been consulted in the matter. The remedial steps taken in this regard include simplification of processes, namely

Foreign Employer (FE) registration process; process for direct recruitment and manual attestation required in respect sector and unskilled workers.

Indian Missions have been requested to expedite the registration of FEs in the e-Migrate system:

Registration of FEs under the e-Migrate   system is essentially required for improving the efficiency and transparency of the recruitment process:

The remedial measures taken so far have helped in improving the registration of FEs under the e-Migrate system: The data on number of FEs registered in respect of some major countries as on December, 2015 is given below: 5th

| SI: No   | Country   |   No. of FEs registered in the system |
|----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|          | Kuwait    |                                  3592 |
| 2        | Qatar     |                                  1413 |
| 3        | Saudi     |                                  1788 |
|          | UAE       |                                  9877 |

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