THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has demanded the Centre to exempt nurses who have cleared job interviews before May 30 from emigration clearance.
In a letter written to Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Chandy reminded that she had earlier given an assurance in this regard. Accepting a suggestion from Norka Minister K C Joseph, the Union Government had earlier declared that nurses who cleared the interview would be exempted from emigration clearance. The Chief Minister welcomed the actions taken by the Centre to check recruitment fraud in the nursing sector.
However, he said that for effective implementation of the measures, Indian Embassies in the 18 countries where emigration clearance has been made mandatory, should take follow up action in association with government and private agencies in the respective countries.
Chandy pointed out that so far Indian Embassies in no countries, other than Kuwait, have taken such measures. Hence nurses from here will be unable to take up jobs in these countries after May 30. The country will lose many job opportunities if the Central Government does not urgently intervene,he said.
