Salary in Bahrain

·         On Feb 7, 2008 Indian Ambassador to Bahrain Balkrishna Shetty revealed that w.e.f March 1  “employers in Bahrain will have to pay a minimum salary of 100 Bahraini Dinars ($266) a month to unskilled workers from India across all sectors”.

·         There are around 275,000 Indians in the Gulf nation, many of them working as contract labourers in the booming construction industry.

·         Bahrain is an archipelago, consisting of approximately 36 islands located in the heart of the Arabian Gulf, lying 32 kms off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia and 29 kms north of Qatar.

·         The total area of Bahrain is approximately 691 sq. km.

• Except for certain taxes imposed on oil companies, Bahrain levies no taxes on income, capital gains, sales, estates, interest, dividends, royalties or fees. It is, therefore, an attractive country in which to establish a Gulf regional office