Aluva: Calling for stringent action
against recruiting agencies cheating Indian students with
false offers, Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs
Vayalar Ravi said the Centre is planning to introduce
compulsory registration system for those studying abroad.
Consultancy and recruiting agencies offering higher
education and part-time jobs to Indian students abroad were
engaged in another form of visa fraud, the Minister told
reporters after inaugurating the Aluva Press Forum office
here.
"The students are cheated by recruiting agencies by giving
false offers that they can take up jobs to earn USD 1200 per
month while continuing their studies. Most of the students are
underpaid and living in pathetic conditions," he said.
Police should take stringent steps by registering cases
against fraud consultancy and recruiting agencies under IPC
for cheating, he said.
Referring to the attacks on Indian students in Australia,
he said compulsory registration would help in tracing students
in any distress situation and extending help expeditiously.
Presently, the voluntary registration scheme is in force
for Indian students studying abroad.
Indian embassies in US and Australia have been instructed
to launch websites to ensure smooth sailing of the
registration process.
The Minister sought the state government's assistance in
providing information about the expatriates returning from
abroad, especially from the Gulf.
He also said the Centre was committed to helping the state
government especially during natural calamities.
The MPs from Kerala have apprised the Agricultural
Minister of the crop damage in the rains. However, due to the
infighting in the CPI(M), the state administration has come to
halt delaying the completion of formalities for availing
Central assistance, Ravi alleged.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 21:02