This story is from January 17, 2018

After VK Singh’s visit, Kuwait to look into workers’ complaints

After VK Singh’s visit, Kuwait to look into workers’ complaints
Union minister of state for external affairs Gen V K Singh (rtd)
HYDERABAD: Union minister of state for external affairs Gen V K Singh (rtd) said that the government of Kuwait has taken measures to assist Indian workers in that country who have been denied salaries for several months by a private company. His remarks follow avisit to Kuwait recently where he took up with that government issues of hundreds of Indian workers who have not been paid by Kharafi National.
“This is a result of positive discussions during my visit,” Gen V K Singh said about the measures initiated.
It may be mentioned here that TOI had highlighted the plight of unpaid Indian workers in Kuwait in several reports. A social worker from Kuwait Shaheen Sayyed took up their issue with the Union ministry of external affairs.
The Public Authority for Manpower in Kuwait has announced that a team will look into the problems of workers in private companies. The deputy director general Abdullah Al-Mutoteh said the team that has been constituted has eight members, including four labour and vocational safety inspectors and four investigators from labour relations department. “The Authority will spare no effort in protecting Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti workers,” Abdullah Al-Mutoteh said. The team will look into complaints by workers and violations at the workplace.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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