India, May 6 -- India is looking to amend the Emigration Act of 1983 as part of efforts to meet the demands of the global workplace and to promote legal mobility while discouraging non-legal migration, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.

The government has launched a range of skill training, vocational education and professional preparation efforts to make Indian workers more productive in the contemporary era, Jaishankar said at an event to mark the launch of the Global Access to Talent from India (GATI) Foundation.

Noting that India has not developed or leveraged its human resources to the extent it could have in the past, Jaishankar said, "Conceptually, it is vital that we promote legal mobility and strongly disco...