Governance
Context: The governments of India and the U.K. marked Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on January 9 by kicking off the Young Professionals Scheme, which will permit up to 3,000 of their degree-holding citizens aged between 18 and 30 to live and work in each other’s countries for a period of two years.
About Young Professionals Scheme:
- The Young Professionals Scheme was conceived as part of an India-U.K. The Migration and Mobility MoU signed in May 2021, was announced in November at the G20 summit in Bali.
- The scheme will permit degree-holding citizens aged between 18 and 30 to live and work in each other’s countries for a period of two years.
- They would be able to either work, study, or visit, for two years.
- The scheme will run for a period of three years initially.
- The scheme allows for exchange visas for up to 3,000 individuals per year.
- It isn’t even necessary for an applicant to have a job in hand when he/she applies for the visa.
- So, the successful candidates could look for a job, educational or cultural opportunity once they arrived in their host country or they could just visit.
Source: The Hindu
