India blacklists 14 Qatari companies

Dubai, Mar 24: India has blacklisted 14 Qatari companies for not treating Indian workers properly.

Another 40 local firms have been put on Indian Embassy's watch-list following complaints from workers about not fulfilling contractual obligations.

As and when a company is found to have improved its track record, its name would be removed from the list, Indian diplomats told an Open House in Doha yesterday.

Half-a-dozen Indians, including two maids, are languishing at detention centres for over six months, they said adding that the Qatari authorities are said to be tracking their sponsors to retrieve their passports.

The mission, while putting the total number of Indians held at the deportation centre by March 1 this year at 87, said the figure was down from a high of 146 in January.

There are 25 maids among the 87 Indian detainees, they said.

UNI