🇷🇺🇮🇳On 21 September, a working meeting took place between Mr Ivan Fetisov, Consul General of Russia in Mumbai, representatives of the Government of Maharashtra, and local recruitment companies to discuss prospects for expanding Russia–India cooperation in the field of labour mobility. 🤝The discussion brought together, among others, Shri Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Minister for Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Government of Maharashtra, Shri Praveen Pardeshi, Chief Economic Advisor to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and Shri Rajesh Gawande, Secretary (Protocol, FDI, Diaspora & Outreach) and Chief of Protocol, Government of Maharashtra, as well as officials from the relevant state departments and the recently established MAHIMA (Maharashtra Agency for Holistic International Mobility & Advancements), created to facilitate the training and overseas employment of skilled professionals from Maharashtra. 💬 Mr Ivan Fetisov outlined Russia’s system for recruiting foreign workers from visa-required countries, including the allocation of employment quotas among Russian regions and the occupations currently most in demand among Russian companies. The participants also reviewed existing practices for recruiting specialists from India and discussed the main challenges in this area, particularly the need to establish direct links between Russian employers and Indian recruitment agencies and to ensure that prospective workers receive training that meets employers’ requirements. 📌 The Indian side, in turn, presented Maharashtra’s new approach to facilitating overseas employment and briefed the participants on the work of MAHIMA, the state’s newly established institutional mechanism for international workforce mobility. 📍Following the discussion, the participants identified a number of practical steps aimed at addressing the existing challenges and creating favourable conditions for the further expansion of cooperation in this field. #RussiaIndia #FriendshipDosti