India-UK Relations: The approval of 3,000 visas each year for young professionals from India to work in the UK has been issued by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The UK-India Migration and Mobility Partnership, which was established last year, is strong, according to the British government, which claimed that India is the first visa-national country to profit from it.
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UK-India Young Professionals Scheme
“Today the UK-India Young Professionals Scheme was confirmed, offering 3,000 places to 18-30-year-old degree-educated Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work for up to two years,” In a tweet, the UK Prime Minister’s Office stated.
After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time since the first British PM of Indian descent took office last month, Mr. Sunak made this revelation in the Downing Street briefing a few hours later.
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Tweet from PM Modi’s Office
“Prime Ministers @narendramodi and @RishiSunak in conversation during the first day of the @g20org Summit in Bali,” PM Modi’s Office tweets.
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Significance of this scheme
The launch of the scheme is a significant moment both for India and UK’s bilateral relationship with India and the UK’s wider commitment to forging stronger links with the Indo-Pacific region to strengthen both our economies.”
It claimed that of all the nations in the Indo-Pacific region, the UK had the most connections to India. India accounts for over a quarter of all foreign students in the UK, and Indian investment in the country sustains 95,000 jobs nationwide.
India and the UK are now negotiating a trade agreement; if it is approved, it will mark the first time India has done business with a European nation. The trade agreement will strengthen the 24 billion pound trading relationship between the UK and India and enable the UK to take advantage of the potential afforded by India’s expanding economy.
The British government claimed that in addition to the mobility agreement with India, it is also enhancing its capacity to deport immigration offenders.
The UK PMO further added, “A landmark Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the UK and India in May 2021 aimed at increasing mobility between our countries, returning those with no right to be in the UK and India respectively and sharing best practice on organised immigration crime.”
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