To retain good staff you have to pay them well. Irrespective of the colour of the skin. Its all a question of saving/disposable income vis a vis their home country.

I just know that in my line nobody from my city, Bombay, is willing to come to Qatar (higher cost of living etc etc). You can certainly get people from other parts of India but then i'll get back to my initial statement - you pay peanuts you get monkeys :-) (There are always exceptions)