Indian envoy discusses domestic workers issue with PAM officials – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

Indian envoy discusses domestic workers issue with PAM officials – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, HE Sibi George said he is in the process of discussing the issue of domestic workers coming to Kuwait with the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) in his quest to reduce the cost of bringing domestic workers to Kuwait. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Onam celebration — one of the important festivals in Kerala – at the India House he said if it costs a Kuwaiti sponsor 900 dinars to bring in a domestic worker from India, “this is worrisome” and called the figure ‘pure exaggeration’. The ambassador said 900 dinars “From my point of view is an exaggerated figure,” and pointed out the cost of procedures for obtaining what he called a trained domestic worker from India to Kuwait does not exceed 30,000 rupees (equivalent of 100 Kuwaiti dinars), which is a simple fee. He said he wonders where the rest of the money goes. He called for reconsideration of this exaggerated cost, and stressed on the need to reduce the fee of bringing Indian domestic workers.

The ambassador with Dr Al-Mutairi

The ambassador went on to say, he wishes to see many Indian domestic workers