United Kingdom
- Immigration rules that would benefit high-skilled foreign workers and “exceptionally bright’’ students came into force : (however the existing limit on not allowing more than 20,700 foreign workers to come to Britain over the next two years would remain)
- Intra-company transferees (ICT) who are paid more than £152,100 will no
longer need to take an English test if they want to extend their leave
in the U.K
- Foreign MBA students graduating from British universities would be
allowed to stay on for up to a year after graduating as part of the
expanded graduate entrepreneur scheme.
- the changes would allow PhD students to stay on after their studies for up to a year and work, without having to switch courses.
- no limit on the number who can obtain a Tier 2 visa to stay and work,
providing they can get a graduate-level job paying £20,300 [a year] or
more
- Austerity Measure to reduce deficit ::
- Bedroom tax : Families living in government-subsidised homes will lose some of their housing benefits if they have a spare room.
India and UK
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed b/w India and UK to strengthen their cooperation in Earth Sciences and environmental research by sharing information on meteorology, hydrology and climate variability.
- The MoU was inked b/w the Earth System Science Organisation (ESSO) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Govt. of India and UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Since 2008, the two countries have committed close to £150 million for joint research programmes.
