Foreign employment fraudsters will face action: Minister Bhandari

Patan, July 1: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Sharat Singh Bhandari, has said those involved in foreign employment fraud by using legal loopholes would be brought to book.     

At a programme organised by Safe Migration (SAMI) Programme in Lalitpur today, Minister Bhandari shared, "There are 36,000 cases of fraud at the Department of Foreign Employment. So we are planning to amend the constitution in order to settle such cases and take action against those involved in cheating."     

Stating that development and promotion of employment in the country is the alternative to forced foreign employment, he mentioned that priority was given to domestic employment promotion along with safe foreign employment. "The Ministry is planning to forward a campaign through SAMI in order to work in favour of country's economic development and prosperity by bringing Nepalis back from foreign employment. We have now forwarded programmes through skill development foundation keeping internal employment in mind", added Minister Bhandari.     

SAMI Project has proved the relevance of the programme, he observed, mentioning that the ministry had wanted to expand safe migration programme to all 753 local levels.     

Similarly, Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Krishna Hari Pushkar, said the government would always play positive role to implement SAMI programme.     

Likewise, a representative of Swiss Embassy in Nepal opined that SAMI Project is a significant learning.(RSS)