India Strengthens Labor Cooperation with Nepal and Angola at Geneva Conference

New Delhi, June 10: India’s Minister of State for Labor and Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, led the Indian delegation at the 114th International Labor Conference (ILC) held in Geneva, Switzerland. During this event, she engaged in discussions to enhance labor-related cooperation with counterparts from Nepal and Angola.

According to a statement from the ministry, the minister held a bilateral meeting with Ramji Yadav, Nepal’s Minister of Youth, Labor, and Employment. Nepal praised India’s digital portals, while India emphasized that under its “Neighborhood First” policy, Nepal remains a priority partner. Both ministers discussed increasing collaboration in skill development, labor mobility, and sharing digital technology.

Additionally, Minister Karandlaje met with Teresa Rodrigues Dias, Angola’s Minister of Public Administration, Labor, and Social Security, to discuss strengthening cooperation in labor and employment, skill development, vocational training, social security, and workforce training. The two ministers agreed to enhance cooperation in employment services, skill development, workforce planning, and digital administration.

Angola expressed appreciation for India’s digital products and requested knowledge sharing. India offered technical assistance and capacity-building support to Angola in designing, developing, and operating digital platforms for employment services, labor registration, job matching, and skills alignment.

Furthermore, the minister acknowledged the close and long-term relations based on shared history, culture, democratic values, and deep people-to-people ties during a bilateral meeting with Muhammad Raza Kasam Uteem, Mauritius’s Minister of Labor and Industrial Relations. Mauritius commended India’s significant progress in developing digital public infrastructure in the labor and employment sector. India reiterated its willingness to share expertise and assured ongoing technical support in the development of digital products.

According to the ministry, Karandlaje also met with labor ministers from France, the UK, South Korea, the USA, and Canada in Geneva to discuss legal pathways for the migration of skilled human resources from India through mutual recognition of skills and demand-driven skill development.

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