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Indian embassy blacklists 45 Bahrain firms

Dubai: As part of efforts to check abuse of rights of Indian workers in Bahrain, the Indian embassy has blacklisted over 45 companies for violating local laws, including non-payment of salaries, mistreatment of employees and providing sub-standard accommodation.

Ambassador Balkrishna Shetty said these companies would not be granted permit to recruit workers from India until they rectified the problems.

“We studied the cases of such companies following several complaints from workers over the past one year,” he was quoted as saying in the Gulf Daily News .

“The Indian Embassy will not allow such companies to recruit workers from India,” said Mr. Shetty, adding “we shall refuse visas for the owners or their representatives to visit India.”

He had notified Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry that such employers were hampering the government’s amnesty process, the envoy said. — PTI

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Indian embassy blacklists 45 Bahrain firms

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