How Kuwait expat quota bill may affect Indian diaspora of the gulf nation

Rising coronavirus cases and plummeting oil-prices have forced Gulf monarchies to alter their policies for expatriates. As a result, Kuwait approved a draft expat quota bill to halve the country’s expatriate population to 30 per cent, leaving the fate of 800,000 Indian diaspora in limbo. 

First, what this expat quota bill states.

According to the bill, Indians should not exceed 15 per cent of the total population in Kuwait. 

Gulf News reported that 'this could result in 800,000 Indians leaving Kuwait, as the Indian community constitutes the largest expat community in Kuwait, totalling 1.45 million'. 

Of the 4.3 million population of Kuwait, expats account