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Telangana NRI panel to study Philippines labour practices
A delegation from Telangana's NRI Advisory Committee, including chairman Dr B.M. Vinod Kumar, vice-chairman Manda Bheem Reddy, MLAs Adi Srinivas and Dr R. Bhupathi Reddy, will visit the Philippines from August 17…
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A delegation from Telangana's NRI Advisory Committee, including chairman Dr B.M. Vinod Kumar, vice-chairman Manda Bheem Reddy, MLAs Adi Srinivas and Dr R. Bhupathi Reddy, will visit the Philippines from August 17 to 21. The team aims to study labour laws, worker migration, and welfare best practices. They will meet experts and officials at the Indian Embassy in Manila.
Deccan Chronicle reports the study tour will inform the state government's planned Gulf and Other Overseas Workers Welfare Board. The focus is on measures to help workers in Gulf countries.
The Indian Opinion
A subsidised junket to study labour practices risks looking like a paid holiday unless the panel returns with concrete proposals. The Philippines has strong worker protection laws and a skilled-export model, but Gulf labourers face different conditions like the kafala system. Did the delegation secure meetings with Philippine labour unions or just embassy briefings? The board's actual impact on migrant lives will be the real test.
Source: deccanchronicle.com
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