According to PCI officials, an advisory including the guidelines were sent to all newspapers on the insistence of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA).
"We had sought that registration numbers be quoted by all recruiting agents while placing recruitment advertisements. Permit numbers of foreign employers should be indicated while inserting their advertisements,"a PCI official told PTI.
The PCI guidelines said newspapers are advised to accept only advertisements providing full contact details, a statement that no fee will be charged towards processing applications, and clear details of the nature and number of vacancies and the salary offered for every category of job.
Officials at the Protector General of Emigrants, said that the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) had been pursuing the matter with the PCI for a few years now.