Labor and Employment Offices in Janakpur and Butwal have started issuing labor permits from Sunday. While the office in Janakpur issued 56 re-entry labor permits in first two days of operation, the Butwal office issued 61 such permits.

 

This is the first time that the service has been extended outside the capital city.The offices started issuing re-entry permits after the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security delegated the authority to the office based in capitals of Province 4 and 2. The federal government has begun decentralizing its services to provincial capitals in order to improve delivery of labor permit service. It plans to begin this service from other provinces in the near future. 

 

However, youths interested to travel to job destinations abroad, however, are still required to visit Kathmandu to receive labor permit.

 

A total of 11 youths took re-entry labor permit from the Butwal office on Sunday, while the number receiving the re-entry permit on Monday increased to 45. Most of those receiving such permits are from Baglung, Syangja, Gulmi, and Kapilvastu district. 

 

The new government service in the provincial capitals has relieved youths from the tedious task of traveling to capital city, which was time consuming, as well as saved unnecessary costs. 

 

The Butwal office has the capacity to issue 200 re-entry permits per day. It has 12 staffers and few computer operators and translators. Similarly, the Janakpur office has 14 staffers. 

 

 A total of 30 youths had received re-entry permit from the Jankapur office on Sunday, while the number was 31 on Monday. Both the offices have high speed internet connection, sticker printer and retina scanner, among others.

 

Jalil Nadaf of Dhanusha, who received re-entry permit from the Janakpur office on Sunday, he felt that the country has entered into federal setup for the first time. “We no longer need to travel to Kathmandu for work that can be done in just few hours in Janakpur itself,” added Nadaf. “It has also saved our expenses as I had to pay only Rs 6,000 for the permit. My expenses would have trebled if I had to go to Kathmandu.”