“Indian workers send home the world’s highest amount of remittance income, but there is no migration policy to protect them at any stage of their journey abroad and back.” Examine. (200 Words)

India is leading country in remittances got 70 billion $ in 2014 and hoping to becoming largest migrant sending country in near future. But India does not have any concrete migrant policy to promote and protect its migrants as they are facing
several problems from leaving India to resettlement again.

Hurdles in getting Passport:-
1) Complexity in procedure as issuance of passport, emigration clearance and departure are under different authorities.
2) Lack of recruiting agencies.
3) Cost of migration is very high making it unviable for many migrants.
4) Nexus between officials and recruiting agencies making it a corrupt procedure.

Challenges in new destination:-
1) Indian embassies have few labor attaches to deal with various migrant related problems ranging from bringing dead bodies of undocumented migrants to visiting them in jails.
2) Few labor officers are inadequate for both migrants and embassies to sort out problems.
3) There is lack of concrete data about migrants may creates problems during emergency operations.

Lack of rehabilitation policy for returning migrants:-
1) Lack of proper resettlement options for labors returned making their skills unused. As rehabilitation of these labors can boost manufacturing industries.

India should formulate and execute a proper migrant policy to tap the unlimited
potential of migrant Indians who are boosting our economy with remittances
despite all these hurdles.