Aizawl: The Mizoram government is planning to introduce the ‘Mizoram Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Bill, 2025’ in a bid to facilitate legal employment in the country and abroad.
The fresh Bill will be introduced in the upcoming budget session of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly commencing February 19, an official said on Sunday.
The bill is aimed at empowering private placement agencies to recruit and send youths, particularly domestic workers, outside the state and foreign countries legally.
The state government, under this bill, will provide licenses to private agencies to execute such tasks.
This bill has been conceived in response to legal difficulties encountered by domestic workers from Mizoram in foreign countries last year, particularly in Syria, the UAE, and other Gulf nations.
Last year, the Mizoram government, in collaboration with the Centre, rescued several Mizo women, engaged as housemaids, from Syria and other Arab countries after they faced legal problems.
Although the Mizoram Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Bill was previously enacted in 2015, the act empowered private placement agencies to provide jobs to any women as domestic workers beyond the state’s boundaries within the country (India), the official said.
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Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma, who also holds the finance portfolio, will present the state’s budget for the financial year 2025-26 on March 4. The budget session will conclude on March 20.
