The overseas ministry instructed the higher home of the parliament that India and Israel have had no discussions relating to doable substitute of Indian labourers with Palestinian labourers. (Image: Reuters/Representative)
Union minister V Muraleedharan instructed the higher home that no talks have been held between Indian and Israeli authorities over the problem of sending Indian labourers to Israel.
The Union ministry of exterior affairs mentioned that no discussions have been held between Indian and Israeli authorities relating to the doable substitute of Palestinian staff with Indian staff in Israel. “The government has not made any discussions with Israel regarding possible replacement of Palestinian labourers with Indian workers,” Union minister of state for overseas affairs V Muraleedharan mentioned whereas answering a query posted by Rajya Sabha member of parliament from the Congress celebration KC Venugopal.
A report revealed by information company Voice of America in November mentioned that Israel is reportedly trying to rent one lakh staff from India. The information company citing individuals from the Israeli building sector and industries mentioned that they urged the Israeli authorities to enable corporations to rent up to one lakh staff from India.
The report got here days after Israel cancelled the work permits of Palestinian labourers within the wake of the October 7 assaults. Some 150,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and an extra 17,000 from the Gaza Strip had permits to enter Israel legally for work earlier than the assaults, in accordance to a report by The Times of Israel.
The conflict cupboard this week additionally skipped voting on a proposal to enable Palestinian labourers to enter Israel from the West Bank. This has led to an acute scarcity of labourers within the building and agriculture sectors of Israel.
Earlier in May, when overseas minister of Israel Eli Cohen visited India to maintain conferences with counterpart S Jaishankar and different Indian officers, they signed a pact to enable the arrival of 42,000 Indian staff within the fields of building and nursing in Israel.
According to the assertion launched by the minister, at the least 34,000 staff can be engaged within the building subject and one other 8,000 for nursing wants. The staff from India are anticipated to assist deal with the rising value of dwelling in Israel and assist hundreds of households ready for nursing care.
(with inputs from Shalinder Wangu)
