India's crucial strategy of west entails development of India as an alternative to curing the dependence on China.

Gulf region - lucrative destination: Stronger wage → As per WEBs MRs report on average blue shell worker experience a rise of 523% in salary on migrating. (2) Strong trade relations with India (3) Higher space for economic and social mobility of people. (4) Strong demand for Indian labour in blue collar and white collar jobs. (5) Strong social infrastructure enabling attractive destination (6) Investment friendly policies. However, many challenges still persist for Indians in Gulf (1) Political issues → Limited representation (2) Issue of conflict hidden areas → Iran, Gaza-Israel etc. (3) Issue of limited de-politicised food on (4) Kafla system → Leads to abuse of human rights of workers. (5) Significant discrimination with migrants. (6) Issue of class discrimination (7) Exploitative workplace policies. To overcome these issues, formal, transparent channels are crucial to ensure workplace safety and upholding of human rights of people.

— Japleen Kaur · AIR 388