India sign?s Migration, Mobility pact with Australia

India sign’s Migration, Mobility pact with Australia

News: Recently, India and Australia signed a migration partnership agreement aimed at making it easier for students, academics and professionals to live, study and work in each other’s countries.

About:
 The pact will promote the exchange of students, graduates, researchers and businesspeople, expand people to people ties and enhance cooperation in preventing people smuggling.
 Their mobility will be facilitated through a new skilled pathway named MATES (Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early Professionals Scheme) specifically created for India.

Other developments:
 Both countries also finalized the terms of reference of an India-Australia hydrogen task force, which will report to the ministerial dialogue on the opportunities available for the two countries on green hydrogen.
 India announced the opening of a consulate in Brisbane, adding to its existing consulates in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney.