The Fourth Round of Negotiations on an Agreement between Japan and India on Social Security

May 25, 2012
Japanese

The fourth round of negotiations on an agreement between Japan and India on social security will be held from Monday, May 28 to Wednesday, May 30 in Tokyo.
The negotiations will be attended on the Japanese side by Mr. Hiroshi Tajima, Director, Southwest Asia Division, Southeast and Southwest Asia Affairs Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Ms. Tomomi Hihara Director, International Pension Division, Pension Bureau, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) as well as officials from the two ministries. On the Indian side, it will be attended by Mr. Shiv Ratan, Director, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs as well as concerned officials of the Government of India.
Employees sent from Japan to India as well as those sent from India to Japan are currently obliged to affiliate to the social security systems of both countries thus causing duplicable payments of social security contribution which impose a huge economic burden on both individuals and corporations. It is expected that the conclusion of an agreement between Japan and India on social security will solve these problems through reducing the burden imposed on the employees and corporations, and further promote human and economic exchanges between the two countries.

(*The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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