Govt. to announce ‘Prime Minister Employment Program’ on Feb 13

KATHMANDU: The government is announcing the ‘Prime Minister Employment Program’ on February 13 in a bid to end forceful foreign employment within five years.
The government has vowed to adequately provide employment opportunities to jobless youths in the domestic labor market, according to the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security.
It should be noted that the government’s policy, program and budget of the current fiscal 2018/19 has come up with the plan to offer employment opportunities in the public development works.
The Right to Employment Act-2075 has guaranteed minimum 100 days annual employment to unemployed youths listed in the employment service centers. The Act has envisaged the setup of employment service center in each local level, which will identify and enlist the unemployed people.
It has been provisioned that the government would provide 50 percent of minimum wages a laborer is entitled to get while working for 100 days to each unemployed household as livelihood allowance given the government fails to offer minimum employment to the jobless.
Likewise, the government is preparing to create additional internal job opportunities in an integrated manner through coordination and collaboration in public construction and works including commercial farming, irrigation, drinking water, river control, forest, tourism and transport infrastructure.
According to the program, more job opportunities would be created in coordination and collaboration with private, cooperative and non-government sectors.
Entrepreneurship development training opportunities followed by subsidizing loan assistance would also be provided for promoting self-employment.
Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista has intensified inter-consultation discussions for the effective implementation of the program with youth entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs and youth organizations of the political parties.