Remittance has been the lifeblood of Nepal’s economy, with the money sent back by nearly 500,000 migrant workers equivalent to 28 percent of last year’s Gross Domestic Product, according to an April report from the World Bank.
बैदेशिक रोजगारको क्षेत्रमा नेपालले पछिल्लो एक बर्षमा बनाएका नीति कस्ता रहे ? प्रभावकारी कार्यान्वयनका लागि के गर्न जरुरी छ ? अनी जापान र दक्षिण कोरियाको रोजगारीमा भाषा परिक्षामा हुने लगानी कति आवश्यक ? सेण्टर फर द स्टडी अफ लेवर एण्ड मोविलिटी (सेस्लम), सोसल साइन्स बहाः का सहायक निर्देशक डा. जीवन बानियाँसँगको कुराकानी ।
Nepalis who go to Qatar on free visa—commonly known as Aazad Visa—which the agents claim would provide them with the freedom to work with any employer in Qatar, are often stranded without any jobs in the Gulf nation.
Recruiting agencies for overseas jobs have taken exception to the government’s decision of raising their guarantee amount, saying that it would harm their business.
Under the programme, registered beneficiaries will be entitled to sustenance allowance if the government cannot guarantee the minimum promised days of work. The government has also enlisted a total of 13 probable job areas where these populations would be employed.
Remittance inflows jumped 36.4 percent to Rs312.26 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year, bringing a big respite to the country’s foreign currency reserve that has been under pressure due to a ballooning trade deficit.
Malaysia and GGC nation Qatar continue to attract more Nepali migrant workers and remain as top foreign employment destinations for the Himalayan country.
In a move expanding Nepal’s labor destination scope, Nepal’s Labor Ministry’s task force suggested the country to diversify its labor markets to beyond Gulf Council Cooperation (GCC) and Malaysia. The task force laid by the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security said the country has multiple opportunities for its labor migrants beyond the aforementioned regions.
A task force, mandated by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security to find out new labour destination countries, has suggested that Nepal needs to diversify its labour markets beyond Gulf Council Cooperation (GCC) countries and Malaysia.
देश परदेश वैदेशिक रोजगारीमा जाने र गएका नेपालीलाई सुरक्षित, व्यवस्थित र मर्यादित वनाउने मल्टिमिडिया प्लेटफर्म हो । विदेश जान चाहने नेपाली र विदेशमा रहेका नेपालीका भावना, भोगाई, चासो र सरोकारका बिषय र घटनाहरु यो प्लेटफर्मका मुख्य बिषयबस्तु हुन् ।
नेपाल सरकार युवा तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रालय ,राष्ट्रिय युवा परिषदको आयोजनामा काठमाडौंको रास्ट्रिय सभा गृहमा गत हप्ता भएको भेलाको ५१ सदस्यीय समन्वय समिती, सल्हाकार समिती तथा सामुहिक लगानी अध्ययन कार्यदल सहित बिभिन्न निर्णय गरेको छ।
Province 1 contributes the highest number of migrant workers for foreign jobs, among all provinces in Nepal, according to a report on labour migration. It ranks number one for the last nine years, sending 25.51 percent foreign workers from fiscal year 2008-09 to 2016-17.
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