All is not well with the people working in Dubai it is reported. The Government of UAE is trying to reduce the work force here and there and where ever it is possible. Union Minister Sushma has requested the UAE Government to take care of the workers from India and it is reported that some of them have touble for daily food also. Minister for IT K Taraka Rama Rao also requested the centre to look into this issue as there are TS people are also working in UAE.
If you know Hindi and Malayalam you can survive here people used to say , but now . Those days have gone. You’ll still get by in the UAE if you know Hindi or Malayalam — a line often repeated . The UAE is home to 2.6 million Indian expats, the largest expat community constituting 30 percent of the total population.
Little wonder that an overwhelming 48,000 Indians signed up to see and hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier at the Dubai Cricket Stadium despite the scorching heat. That is our presence here.
India is the top receiver of remittances from its worldwide diaspora at $70.4 billion in 2014. Indians living and working in the UAE are the biggest source of remittances to India, contributing $12.6 billion, according to the World Bank. In comparison, about $11.2 billion of remittances for India originated in the US, which has a larger Indian origin population with much higher incomes.And the contribution of Indians to the UAE growth story too has been immense, whether it is the hard work of thousands of unskilled laborers, those in the service sector or the contribution of Indian businessmen and professionals in fields like health, retail, education or real estate.
Indians emerged as the leading professional migrants to the UAE , representing 28 percent, according to a global study by professional networking site LinkedIn.
The demographics are interesting. According to the Indian embassy, in the 1970s and 1980s, when the principal requirement was for blue-collar workers, 85-90 percent of them were Indians. In the 1990s, the profile of the community changed. Today, 15-20 percent of Indians are professionally qualified personnel.
Known as the playground of the rich, the UAE is home to six Indians named in the Forbes’ Billionaires List: businessmen Mickey Jagtiani, M.A. Yusuff Ali, real estate tycoon Ravi Pillai, educationist Sunny Varkey, healthcare and foreign exchange czar B.R. Shetty and pioneering healthcare tycoon Azad Moopen.
The UAE has seen a rapid increase in Indian schools and colleges. Earlier, NRIs in the UAE had no choice but to send their children back to India or abroad elsewhere for higher education. It’s a different story now with the presence of well known institutes offering graduate and post-graduate courses at campuses in the Dubai International Academic City.
