Bahrain

March 2008 | Ratings Update

Relations between Bahrain and India have been strained by a dispute over minimum wages for Indian workers in the Gulf state. A proposed initiative by the Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry, fixing a minimum wage for unskilled workers, was due to come into force on March 1. However, a decision on the measure has now been postponed until later in the month. India had earlier said that it would not allow its unskilled workers to leave for Bahrain unless they had contracts stipulating the minimum wage, but appears to have backed down in the face of resistance from the Bahraini government

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