"We initiated this portal for people in this region who go abroad for work. It has turned out to be a big success. We are already seeing its results, as people inform us of any fishy activity by recruiting agents," D Jai Sankar, Protector of Emigrants (PoE), Chennai told PTI.
PoE Chennai had suggested that this framework be expanded to other regions in the country, which the Ministry has accepted, he said.
Representatives from all PoEs would visit PoE Chennai, the only office under the Ministry to hold the ISO 2000 quality certification, by this month end or early July for a conference, where they will be told how the portal works.
Apart from Chennai, PoE offices are located in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chandigarh and Jaipur.
The portal, developed and maintained by PoE Chennai and which is presently on a trial run basis, has a list of all recruiting agents registered with them, including those that are blacklisted.
Forthcoming job interviews by foreign companies with day and month forms one of its features as well.
"We are also in the process of making the content in the portal available in southern languages -- Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada," Sankar said.