SURKHET, Aug 10: The number of people going for foreign employment has been increasing in Karnali Province in recent periods.
According to the Labor and Employment Office, Surkhet, a total of 3,300 people obtained new work permits in the fiscal year 2079/80 BS.
Information Officer Nirmala Regmi shared that 919 men and seven women had their work permit renewed in the fiscal year 2075/76 BS.
Number of people leaving Nepal to seek foreign employment risin...
Similarly, 1,990 men and 36 women obtained work permits in fiscal year 2076/77 BS, 667 men and eight women in fiscal year 2077/78 BS and 1,005 men and 26 women in fiscal year 2078/79 BS.
Regmi said the number of people going for overseas employment has been increasing as Karnali folks are enticed by high remuneration in other countries as compared to Nepal. The number of people going to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova and Belarus from Nepal for overseas employment is increasing.
The highest number of people of Salyan district in Karnali Province have gone for overseas employment, Regmi mentioned.
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