Indian workers' rights guaranteed in Kuwait, affirms Kuwait Minister

The State of Kuwait is keen on safeguarding foreign communities namely the Indian expatriates, who constitute the largest non-Kuwaiti community in the country, affirmed the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.

Dr. Hind Al-Sabeeh, also the Minister of State for Planning Affairs and Development, said in a statement on Tuesday that presence of the large number of Indians in the country indicates that their businesses are stable and their rights are safeguarded.

Minister said that there are around 549,196 Indian workers working in private sector in Kuwait and the number complaints registered between July 31 2015 and July 31 2016 is only 4,223.

The ministry's public relations units, based in all of the country's governorates, are ready all the time for receiving labourers’ complaints. Moreover, the local authorities have compelled employers to allocate financial guarantees for the employee, to be used for compensating the employee in case he has not been paid, Kuwait News Agency reported quoting Minister.

A number of female Indian workers had taken up refugee in the shelter for workers set up by the Kuwait government and departed the country after being paid all pending sums, report added.

Meanwhile, on Monday, the Indian Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs M J Akbar made a telephone call to Deputy Foreign Minister of Kuwait H.E. Khalid Sulaiman Al-Jarallah and discussed about the large number of Indian community living in Kuwait.

Earlier Sushma Swaraj tweeted that her colleague M J Akbar will take care of the Indian workers living in Kuwait.