German labour minister touts recruitment of skilled Indian workers
The recruitment of skilled Indian workers for the German economy could serve as a model for other countries, German Labour Minister Hubertus Heil said on Saturday at the conclusion of his visit to India. "We have for the first time deliberately developed a strategy to show this large country how qualified immigration in large numbers can work in practice," Heil told dpa in New Delhi. If successful, the strategy could be transferred to other countries seeking migration deals with Germany, he added. Heil travelled to India as part of the German government delegation led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He said his mission had been...
UK must move on from economic ‘doom loop’ of underinvestment – Lord Mandelson
The UK needs to transform itself into a high investment economy to shift out of its low growth “doom loop”, one of the architects of New Labour has said.Lord Mandelson, one of the key figures in transforming the Labour Party under Tony Blair and who went on to serve in the cabinet, hit out at “persistent underinvestment”.His comments came after a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that the UK has been bottom of the league in the G7 group of major economies when it comes to investment for 24 out of the last 30 years.Countries like...
German labour minister aims to recruit skilled workers from India
Germany plans to recruit skilled workers from India on a large scale in an attempt to close its skills gap, Labour Minister Hubertus Heil said on the sidelines of a cricket match with Indians in Berlin on Monday. Indians' path to Germany is to be eased with more than 30 measures to reduce bureaucratic obstacles to issuing Indians with visas. Heil's strategy outlines how skills bottlenecks are holding back growth and progress in Germany. The effects of an ageing society will be exacerbated without immigration, it says. "In India, the situation is the opposite," it says. "There, highly educated age groups from high-birth...