KATHMANDU: Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has instructed all local levels to collect details of the unemployed people at the respective local level.

Under-secretary at the Prime Minister Employment Program Section at the Ministry, Dr Loknath Bhusal has issued the directive to all the local levels through the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration.

The Ministry has assigned the employment coordinator at all the local levels for collecting the particulars of the unemployed people at each local level.

According to Bhusal, local bodies, where the employment coordinator has not been assigned, are directed to mobilize one of their employees to collect the particulars of the unemployed.

The government has mobilized the employment coordinators to 485 local levels. The process of assigning the coordinator in remaining local levels has been forwarded.

The government has already called for registering the names of the unemployed persons at the local levels by April 13.

The government has made provisions for guaranteeing a minimum of 100 days’ employment to the unemployed person in one fiscal year. If the 100 days’ employment cannot be granted to a person, the government shall give 50 per cent of the remuneration as living allowance for the number of days unemployed.