Aizawl, Feb. 17 -- A fresh Mizoram Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Bill, 2025 will be introducedin the upcoming budget session of the state legislature commencing on February 19 to facilitate legal employment in the country and abroad, an official said on Sunday.

The bill, if enacted, will empower private placement agencies to recruit and send youths, particularly domestic workers, to outside the state and foreign countries legally, he said.

Under this bill, the government will providelicenses to private agencies to execute such tasks, he said.

The bill was conceived following legal issues faced by domestic workers from Mizoram in foreign countries, particularly in Syria, UAE and other Gulf countries last year, the official sai...