The Press Council of India has issued guidelines to regulate the manner and procedure to be followed by companies for advertising overseas vacancies in their newspapers.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of Haryana Government said that the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs had requested the Council to issue guideline for the publishers in wake of advertisements of overseas jobs being published in various newspapers in contravention of Emigration Act 1983.
He said, as per the provisions of Section 16 of the Emigration Act 1983, no employer can recruit any citizen of India for employment in any country or place outside India except through a recruiting agent competent under the Act to make such recruitment or in accordance with a valid permit issued in this behalf.
He said that Section 10 of the Emigration Act 1983, provides that no recruiting agent shall commence or carry on the business of recruitment of Indian citizens for overseas employment except under and in accordance with the certificate issued by the registering authority that is Protector General of Emigrants in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
Similarly, a foreign employer or a project exporter can recruit Indian citizens for employment abroad, only after obtaining permit from the Indian Mission in the country of employment or the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, New Delhi.
It is mandatory for the Registered Recruiting Agents to display their registration certificate number while inserting advertisement for recruitment. Similarly, Foreign Employers and Project Exporters will also have to indicate permit number while inserting advertisements.
A copy of the registration certificate in case of recruiting agents and permit letter in case of foreign employers and project exporters may be asked to be attached with the advertisement form as proof of their being genuinepersons. He said that all advertisers might be asked to mention in their advertisement the Registration Certificate Number or Permit Number, full address with Telephone Number, Post Box Number, e-mail address. These could be given in addition to the full address but not as the mode of communication. They would also have to mention name of the posts or Jobs, number of position or vacancies in each category and the salary offered to each category of job.
He said that no fee towards processing application or for any other purpose shall be charged from the applicant. In case of any doubt, the publisher may also ask for copies of Demand Letter and Power of Attorney supposed to have been given by the foreign employer or sponsor to an agent, on the basis of which the said advertisement is being released. Also, clarifications might be sought from the Protector General of Emigrants, New Delhi or from the eight offices of the Protector of Emigrants located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Chandigarh and Hyderabad.The list of registered recruiting agents can also be seen in the website of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, that is http://moa.gov.in
