Taiwan agrees to hire Indian workers to address labour shortages: Report
labour-strained Taipei seeks to expand its foreign workforce beyond its traditional source countries of Southeast Asia, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, local media reports said Taiwan seeks to hire more Indian workers to address labour shortages in the manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and fishery industries. Taiwan is a major semiconductor producer but with an ageing society.
It island nation hosts to around 700,000 migrant workers who come mostly from Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Many of them reportedly work in either in manufacturing or as home helpers for the elderly. Taiwan's Ministry of Labour said demand for workers in Taiwan for manufacturing, construction, agriculture and other industries has continued to expand which Taiwan is unable to fulfil itself, so demand for migrant workers has increased year by year.
ALSO READ: India's elderly population to double by 2050, surpassing number of children, warns report "The quality of Indian labour is stable, they are hard working and well considered," the ministry said. “A small-scale pilot scheme will start first, and if that goes well, more Indian workers will be allowed in," it added. The ministry, however, didn't mention how many workers may eventually come.
Taiwan Representative to India Baushuan Ger had met with the Chief Minister of Mizoram, Lalduhoma on Feb. 12. Ger said on X that the “fruitful" meeting included talks on labor mobility, education, and agricultural cooperation.
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