Saudi Arabia bans foreign workers in 12 sectors, many Indians to be affected

[Maarkhoor]

Minister of Labor and Social Development will restrict working in these 12 sectors in a phased manner.

New Delhi: In a bid to pressure companies into hiring more Saudi citizens and reduce unemployment in the country, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has imposed a restriction on the expatriates from working in 12 sectors.

The tighter policy has been approved by Labor Minister Ali bin Nasser al-Ghafis, a report in Prabhat Khabar said.

The new rule could potentially affect large numbers of people since about 12 million foreigners work in Saudi Arabia, doing many of the strenuous, dangerous and lower-paid jobs shunned by 20 million Saudi citizens.
The restriction is also likely to affect over 30 lakh Indians who live and work in Saudi Arabia.

Minister of Labour and Social Development will restrict working in these 12 sectors in a phased manner.

The following sectors will be restricted for hiring of expatriates from September 11, 2018:
- Car and motorbike showrooms

- Readymade clothes stores

- Home and office furniture stores
- Home appliances and kitchen utensils stores
The following sectors will be restricted for hiring of expatriates from November 9, 2018

- Electronics stores
- Watches and clocks stores

- Optics stores

The following sectors will be restricted for hiring of expatriates from January 7, 2019
- Medical equipment and supplies stores

- Building material stores

- Auto spare parts stores
- Carpet selling stores

- Sweet shops

The jobless rate among Saudis aged 15 to 24 stood at 32.6 percent last year, according to the International Labour Organisation. Saudi Arabia posted an economic contraction in 2017 for the first time in eight years due to severe austerity measures.
The new rule is a part of the ongoing economic reforms launched last year to ease joblessness among Saudis by 2020. Saudi Arabia is India's fourth largest trade partner after China, the US and the UAE.

The country is a major source of India's energy requirement as it accounts for almost one-fifth of India's crude oil requirement.
http://zeenews.india.com/economy/sa...tors-many-indians-to-be-affected-2078919.html

 

[Maarkhoor]

One would ask KSA why anyone now wish to go Saudia other than performing Hajj / Ummrah.

 

[313ghazi]

The jobless rate among Saudis aged 15 to 24 stood at 32.6 percent last year, according to the International Labour Organisation.

The Saudi's are stupid. They should remove all foreigners and get these young people working in these jobs. People who are busy working, won't have time to become Daesh agents. I have no problem with the poor people of any nationality who are working in Saudi, but it is utterly foolhardy to have a third of you're youth unemployed whilst you hire foreigner workers to do basic jobs.

 

[Tokhme khar]

They have never worked in their lives, and don't plan on it. Generations of sawdi's now don't know what work is!

The Saudi's are stupid. They should remove all foreigners and get these young people working in these jobs. People who are busy working, won't have time to become Daesh agents. I have no problem with the poor people of any nationality who are working in Saudi, but it is utterly foolhardy to have a third of you're youth unemployed whilst you hire foreigner workers to do basic jobs.

 

[Maarkhoor]

They have never worked in their lives, and don't plan on it. Generations of sawdi's now don't know what work is!

Agreed very first time with you.

 

[Azadkashmir]

Work is harassing workers from oversea. Saudis wont able to handle work they not used to it and will find it humiliating. Saudis governmnet is saving the easier jobs for them i bet the hard graft is reserved for oversea worker.

 

[xyxmt]

It seems that Saudi govt realizes their nationals cannot do anything but run a store and that too if there is no competition.

 

[IndoCarib]

It seems that Saudi govt realizes their nationals cannot do anything but run a store and that too if there is no competition.

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[Tokhme khar]

mate, we've all worked in these gulfy countries. What an absolute disgrace it is. The locals don't want to work. All the business management is run by expats from the West. And I mean everything, with their inflated salaries. Then you have the south Asians and Filipino's doing the lower tier at chump change.

All the money they earn in USD or BP from selling oil is deposited in Western banks. They are only allowed to sell oil in these two currencies. Then they buy fancy weapons with the proceeds, hand out dole to their lazy *** 'locals' and manage to lose all the wars against Israel and more recently against Iran........lol....... That's been the arrangement since the end of WW1. It's not going to change any time soon.

Iran is having a good laugh as these sawdi's are now almost bankrupt. They had to hang their privileged prices upside down and shake money out of their pockets.......lol....good sign of things to come for Iran.

Work is harassing workers from oversea. Saudis wont able to handle work they not used to it and will find it humiliating. Saudis governmnet is saving the easier jobs for them i bet the hard graft is reserved for oversea worker.

 

[Azadkashmir]

It seems that Saudi govt realizes their nationals cannot do anything but run a store and that too if there is no competition.

They want to maximize capital instead they should reduce their theft of the economy and less spent on prostitutes, drugs, buying out people, bribes and hitman wages to USA/England, buying yacts/cruise the size of warships, funding campaigns abroad and buying useless toys etc.

 

[cloud4000]

I've lost count how many times the Saudis tried 'Saudization' of its workforce, but only to rely on foreign workers in the end. This is what happens when you offer generous welfare benefits to your citizens, the incentive to work is much less. Perhaps economic austerity will change attitudes, but we shall see.

Nevertheless, any act that will spare South Asians from the humiliation they face on a daily basis is most welcome. Hopefully, the economy of South Asia will improve to such a point that they can all come home and leave the Gulf states for good.

 

[Azadkashmir]

mate, we've all worked in these gulfy countries. What an absolute disgrace it is. The locals don't want to work. All the business management is run by expats from the West. And I mean everything, with their inflated salaries. Then you have the south Asians and Filipino's doing the lower tier at chump change.

All the money they earn in USD or BP from selling oil is deposited in Western banks. They are only allowed to sell oil in these two currencies. Then they buy fancy weapons with the proceeds, hand out dole to their lazy *** 'locals' and manage to lose all the wars against Israel and more recently against Iran........lol....... That's been the arrangement since the end of WW1. It's not going to change any time soon.

Iran is having a good laugh as these sawdi's are now almost bankrupt. They had to hang their privileged prices upside down and shake money out of their pockets.......lol....good sign of things to come for Iran.

As i keep saying the tables one day will turn and that is very near. What if economy collapses dollar /emp/nuke war. The gulf countries will be packing their bags to come to the countries with fertile soil and river back to horses and carts. These countries are the ones who the workers enslaved by Saudi/gulf. It be great scene to see expat slave workers reminding gulf/Saudis it is our turn to sit on your shoulders start ploughing if you want to eat. In the old world the poor countries were rich in modern times they are the poorest.

 

[Rusty]

mate, we've all worked in these gulfy countries. What an absolute disgrace it is. The locals don't want to work. All the business management is run by expats from the West. And I mean everything, with their inflated salaries. Then you have the south Asians and Filipino's doing the lower tier at chump change.

All the money they earn in USD or BP from selling oil is deposited in Western banks. They are only allowed to sell oil in these two currencies. Then they buy fancy weapons with the proceeds, hand out dole to their lazy *** 'locals' and manage to lose all the wars against Israel and more recently against Iran........lol....... That's been the arrangement since the end of WW1. It's not going to change any time soon.

Iran is having a good laugh as these sawdi's are now almost bankrupt. They had to hang their privileged prices upside down and shake money out of their pockets.......lol....good sign of things to come for Iran.

I wish I could give PDF gold!!

I currently live in the gulf and holy molly I was not prepared for what I experienced.
Your description is 100% accurate. I want to say more but will probably get banned from PDF for saying my real opinion.

 

[Mr ambassador]

MBS has pea nut brain size.

Labor wages and inflation will increase in KSA by imposing 200 Riyal tax on foreign workers and stopping them from earning in different sectors.

 

[Azadkashmir]

MBS has pea nut brain size.

Labor wages and inflation will increase in KSA by imposing 200 Riyal tax on foreign workers and stopping them from earning in different sectors.

But this is gulf mentality when we think ummah, we thinkng everybody is equal white, blacks , yellow, red etc. When a sheik or oil gulf citizen thinks ummah its something like this

1.Arab White
2.western white
3.Eastern European white
4.turkish/ other Arabs or mixed
5.flibino, indonesia, bakistani,
5.african
6.refugees