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The Ministry of External Affairs issued an advisory on Thursday, cautioned people against "fake overseas jobs and illegal recruitment"..
In its advisory, the external affairs ministry took note of "a huge rise in the number of overseas job seekers being cheated by unregistered recruitment agents by fake job offers and also overcharging to the tune of 2-5 lakh"...
The external affairs ministry said that a valid job offer comes along with Employment Contract duly signed by Foreign Employer, recruitment Agent and the emigrant worker..
The Government of India makes it mandatory for registered recruitment agents to purchase Pravasi Bharatiya Bima Yojana (PBBY) for the migrant workers which provides various benefits including 10 lakh sum assured on death cases and work related injury and medical expenses with one time premium ( 275 for the cover of two years and 375 for the cover of three years)..
"As per the Emigration Act 1983, no recruiting agent shall collect from the prospective emigrant the service charges more than 30,000 + GST (18%), in respect of services provided by it to that emigrant and the recruiting agent shall issue a receipt to the emigrant for the amount collected by it in this regard," the ministry added..
