India, Iran set to sign MoU on vocational training

India and Iran are finalising a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the fields of vocational training, cooperatives, insurance and micro-employment.

This was firmed up at the meeting between Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and Ali Rabiei, Iran’s Minister of Cooperatives and Social Welfare, on the sidelines of an ILO meet in Geneva last week, as per an official statement.

"I also discussed about V V Giri National Labour Institute and indicated a possible collaboration there. Iran welcomed the proposal,’ Dattatreya said.