India to screen Bahraini hiring firms
September 11th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI - Send to a friend:Dubai , Sept 11 (ANI): Indian ambassador in Bahrain , Balkrishna Shetty has said that New Delhi will not reverse a decision to screen Bahraini companies before they were allowed to recruit workers from India .
According to Shetty, last month around 43 firms were blacklisted after they violated labour laws in Bahrain .
The decision was made to make sure that our people do not suffer due to the negligence or greed of some companies. We will keep up the zero-tolerance policy towards attempting to exploit Indian citizens, the Gulf News quoted Shetty as saying while speaking to media persons. (ANI)
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