Central circulars on reducing minimum wages for Indian workers in Gulf draw flak Updated Mar 9, 2021, 11:14 pm IST The decision to reduce minimum referral wages by 30 to 50 per cent risks the livelihoods of migrant workers, associations complained Gulf Workers Joint Action Committee going to Delhi to ask for repeal of laws reducing MRW of gulf workers. (ANI) NIZAMABAD: The circulars issued by the ministry of external affairs, reducing the minimum referral wages (MRW) for Indian workers recruited for Gulf countries, have drawn flak from migrant workers and various associations of Gulf migrants. They expressed the fear that the circulars would adversely affect the livelihood of 88 lakh Indian migrant workers in the Gulf countries.