Arihant Fibers honoured as best employer

By Our Correspondent,Itahari, Nov. 29:Sonapur-based Arihant Multi Fibers Limited, which is the largest jute industry in Nepal, has been honoured by the Social Security Fund (SSF).

The Industry, which is the largest employer in the country, has been honoured by the Fund as the best employer in the manufacturing sector in the fiscal year 2022/23.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ presented a letter of appreciation to Raj Kumar Golchha, Director of Arihant Multi Fibers Limited, on behalf of the Fund, said Govinda Bajgai, chief executive officer of the industry.

Prime Minister Prachanda presented the letter of appreciation to industrialist Golchha at an event organised by the Fund in Kathmandu on Monday.

Chief Executive Officer of the industry Bajgai informed that Arihant Multi Fibres was honoured as the best the employer among the manufacturing industries listed in the Fund in the last fiscal year 2022/23.

About 5,000 workers are working in Arihant Multi Fibers, which has been operating in Sonapur of Sunsari for the past 31 years.

According to Bajgai, more than 40 per cent of the workers are women.