NEW DELHI: India is in the process of creating a data bank of overseas citizens coming back to the country amid the covid-19 pandemic and will map their skillsets and offer them job support.
A joint effort of the ministry of skill development, external affairs and civil aviation, the move will help people returning under the Vande Bharat initiative.
Skill India mission will help conduct the exercise which aims to create a database of qualified citizens "which can be tapped into to fulfill demand of Indian and foreign companies." “With the aim of making the best of the skilled workforce, returning to the country due to the ongoing pandemic, the Government of India …to launch a new initiative SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for