Govt to take steps to stop misuse of business visas: Tharoor

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Kolkata, Oct 31 (PTI) The government will take steps
to stop misuse of business visas during employment process in
the country, Indian minister Shashi Tharoor Saturday said.

According to the minister of state for external
affairs, business visas were not to substitute employment
visas.
With reference to China, Tharoor said there might be
fears that business visas issued to Chinese were utilised as
employment visas by unskilled and semi-skilled workers of that
country in view of the surge in their issuance.
"We will scrutinise the visa processing method and
business visas will be given for business visits only," he
said.
"There is no chance of condoning the provisions of the
visa policy," he said here at the Merchants' Chamber of
Commerce.
Last year, the Indian government had issued 58,500
business visas to Chinese nationals.
In case of skilled workers, it would be imperative to
prove that the particular skill was not available in India.
Referring to India's relations with China, Tharoor
said that there are some irritants and hoped the issue would
be resolved through diplomatic understanding.
"There are different perceptions on the Line of Actual
Control (LAC) between India and China," he said. PTI DC
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