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2012 Press release 26 November 2012 Ministry of Health and Social Affairs New cooperation agreement with India Today, 26 November 2012, Sweden and India have signed a social insurance agreement that makes it easier for Swedish citizens to work in India and for Indian citizens to work in Sweden. Similar negotiations are taking place with Japan, China and South Korea. The agreement coordinates the general Indian and Swedish old-age, survivors' and disability pensions systems. It determines whether a person is to be insured in India or Sweden, thus preventing people losing the rights they have acquired and social security contributions being paid in both countries. Download The Social Security The agreement is important given that more than one hundred Swedish companies are operating in India, and Agreement between India and the number is growing every year. Sweden has similar agreements with ten other countries: Bosnia and Sweden (pdf 51 kB) Herzegovina, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Croatia, Israel, Morocco, Serbia, Turkey and the United States. Under the agreement, employees can be sent from their home country to work for the company in the other country for two years at the most (can be extended by a further two years). They continue to be insured for old-age, survivors' and disability pensions in their home country and pay their social insurance contributions for these insurances there. An estimated 500 Swedish citizens live in India. About 160 Swedish companies are registered in India. In addition, about 1 000 Swedish companies do business in and with the country. Roughly 8 000 Indian citizens and 20 000 people of Indian origin live in Sweden. Indians comprise the second largest group, after Thais, with work and residence permits in Sweden. The IT and technology sectors are the top employers of Indian men and women. Contact Cherine Khalil +46 8 405 10 00 2010 Press release 05 October 2010 Prime Minister's Office Sweden's new government Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has appointed the following government ministers today, 5 October 2010 Ministers and their press contacts are listed below. For new ministers, the press contact given is temporary and applies until further notice. Prime Minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt Roberta Alenius +46 70 270 72 17 Markus Nordström +46 70 238 67 30 Minister for EU Affairs: Birgitta Ohlsson Jenny Sonesson +46 70 308 44 06 Minister for Justice: Beatrice Ask Martin Valfridsson +46 70 274 10 22 Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy: Tobias Billström Markus Friberg +46 702 61 30 84 Minister for Foreign Affairs: Carl Bildt Irena Busic +46 70 271 02 55 Minister for International Development Cooperation: Gunilla Carlsson Peter Larsson +46 70 283 95 97 Minister for Trade: Ewa Björling Monica Ohlsson +46 70 296 18 99 Minister for Defence: Sten Tolgfors Mikael Östlund +46 70 297 43 28 Minister for Health and Social Affairs: Göran Hägglund Petra Kjellarsson +46 70 646 21 12 Minister for Children and the Elderly: Maria Larsson Niclas Thorselius +46 70 509 50 65 Minister for Public Administration and Housing: Stefan Attefall Martin Kits +46 70 535 07 87 Minister for Social Security: Ulf Kristersson Niclas Bengtsson +46 70 353 78 22 Minister for Finance: Anders Borg Daniel Valiollahi +46 72 225 45 47 Minister for Financial Markets: Peter Norman Anna Charlotta Johansson +46 70 356 30 32 Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister: Jan Björklund Camilla Hansson +46 70 206 99 09 Minister for Gender Equality (Deputy Minister for Education): Nyamko Sabuni Yoav Bartal +46 70 357 51 94 Minister for Rural Affairs: Eskil Erlandsson Anna-Karin Nyman +46 70 519 01 59 Minister for the Environment: Andreas Carlgren Lennart Bodén +46 70 950 22 45 Minister for Enterprise and Energy: Maud Olofsson Håkan Lind +46 70 269 11 98 Minister for Information Technology and Regional Affairs (Deputy Minister for Enterprise): Anna-Karin Hatt Frank Nilsson +46 70 690 24 33 Minister for Communications: Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd Markus Sjöqvist +46 76 107 20 36 Minister for Culture and Sport: Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth Sara Bengtsson +46 70 358 77 91 Minister for Employment: Hillevi Engström Sebastian Carlsson +46 73 769 22 77 Minister for Integration (Deputy Minister for Employment): Erik Ullenhag Anna Neuman +46 70 301 47 90 Contact Roberta Alenius Presschef hos Fredrik Reinfeldt +46 8 405 49 04 Markus Nordström Press Secretary to Fredrik Reinfeldt +46 8 405 48 72 +46 70 238 67 30 email to Markus Nordström.
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