The corona virus epidemic has worsened the condition of economies around the world. This has had a very bad effect on people's employment. The condition of the economies of the Arab countries dependent on oil has further weakened. In such a situation, the governments there are tightening rules regarding migrant workers so that local people can get employment.

Kuwait's National Assembly has drafted to limit the number of migrant workers, according to the Kuwait Times daily newspaper. There is also a proposal to revoke the recognition of certain visas in this draft. According to the newspaper, the law limiting the number of migrant workers in Kuwait will come into force within six months.

The newspaper says that the quota system will be given exemption in ten different categories of this law. This exemption will be available to those working at home, medical staff, teachers and citizens of GCC. Kuwait is also going to restrict the facility to convert travel visa into work visa. Apart from this, no domestic helper can work in private or oil sector.

Kuwait is working on several levels to reduce the number of migrants. Last week, Kuwait announced that those above 60 years of age without a university degree would not get a work visa.

The symbol in Larsen & Turbo is Desai Chief Executive. He has been living in Kuwait for 25 years. But Kuwait Government's new bill is apprehensive about its future.

Prateek Desai told the BBC last month, "Eight lakh Indians may have to leave Kuwait after this bill comes into force. There are 70 percent migrants here in a population of 4 million. The goal of this bill is to increase the number of migrants to 30 percent."

Indians are the largest among these migrants. Apart from India, there are people from Pakistan, Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Egypt.

The Indian government is also concerned about this Kuwait bill. Last month, the Indian Foreign Ministry said in its statement, "Indians have played an important role in the Gulf countries and their contribution is also acknowledged by the governments there." We have talked to Kuwait on this issue."

Prateek Desai says that this matter is not only about going to jobs but coming back from here. He says, "When you stay in a place for a long time, a kind of emotional connection develops. We will be more emotionally affected than financially by this decision."

Indians from Kuwait send money to their families and it has been an important source of foreign exchange for India. According to data from the Pew Research Center, in 2017 Indians from Kuwait sent $ 4.6 billion to India. Kuwait employs about three lakh Indian drivers, cooks and caretakers.

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