Sanjayovacha | Emigration Policy Evolving From Welfare To Facilitation

For a decade, the ministry stood on its own feet and focused on two tasks: connecting with overseas Indians and securing the welfare of Indian workers overseas

xThe decision of the Narendra Modi government to introduce the Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill 2025 in Parliament, replacing the existing Emigration Act 1983, marks a turning point in India’s evolving policy on the export of human talent and labour. What began half a century ago as a voluntary emigration of skilled, semi-skilled and even unskilled Indians to countries where employment opportunities were available is now becoming organised emigration facilitated by the government itself.

The government, in short, has taken upon itself the responsibility to help export Indians.

The idea that the Government of Indi