Current Context : India has become chair of regional grouping Colombo Process for the first time since its inception in 2003.

Aim : to promote safe, orderly, and legal migration among its member states.

• Colombo Process is a regional consultative forum comprising 12 member states of Asia.
• It is a Regional Consultative Process of migrant worker origin countries from South and SE Asia.
• It serves as a forum for exchange of best practices on overseas employment.