Minister Bhandari stresses on policy-level provisions to address foreign employment cheating issues

Kathmandu, June 24: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Sharat Singh Bhandari, has pointed out the need of making policy-level arrangement to address the issues of cheating taking place in the name of foreign employment.     

Responding to queries on different headings of the ministry under the Appropriation Bill, 2082, in today's meeting of the House of Representatives, Minister Bhandari mentioned that additional responsibility would be given to District Administration Office in order to address the cases related to foreign employment cheating.     

Around 36,000 such cases have now been registered at the Department of Foreign Employment, he shared, adding that activities have been forwarded to assign additional responsibility to District Administration Office by expanding institutional structures.     

Stating that of the total population of the country, around 11.6 per cent population is in foreign employment, Minister Bhandari argued that it has become more challenge to create internal employment immediately.     

"The Ministry is effortful to involve capable and skilled human resources in employment in the country by developing country's human resources", he opined, adding that technical study was underway for the development of National Labour Market Information System, which would be a means for the migrant workers to establish direct contact with their motherland.     

The Labour Minister mentioned that an arrangement has been made to send workers to Europe in an institutional manner from coming July.(RSS)