Romania has expressed its readiness to create a pathway to employ 30,000 skilled Indian professionals every year. Romania expressed its desire to employ skilled Indian professionals during a meeting between Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Jitin Prasada and Romania’s Minister of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity Petre-Florin Manole in Bucharest. Both sides took note of Romania’s annual requirement for approximately one lakh non-EU workers, according to a statement issued by the Commerce and Industry Ministry yesterday.

The two ministers reaffirmed their commitment to building a strong mobility partnership between India and Romania to promote safe, orderly, regular, and responsible migration of skilled professionals – enhancing labour market connectivity for mutual benefit. They also agreed to strengthen people-to-people ties through enhanced cooperation in higher education, research, innovation, think tanks, and cultural exchanges.

The discussions covered cooperation in recruitment, language and vocational training, standardised employment contracts, and employer obligations, along with fast-track processing for verified employers. Both sides tasked officials to explore mutual recognition of qualifications. Recognising the importance of social security certainty, they also discussed the possibility of a Totalisation (Social Security) Agreement.