Pre-Departure Orientation Training (PDOT) is a flagship program of MEA started in 2018, where in Emigrant going abroad for Employment is given an free of cost 8 hours Orientation training so as to empower him with the Dos and Don’ts of the Country of Employment, his rights and welfare measures made available to him by Government of India. It started with 4 centres in Delhi and Mumbai and has now expanded to 30 PDOT Centres all across India in Partnership with State Governments and NSDC.