KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Stakeholders, at the initiative of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, convened here this morning to discuss making the labor market more dignified and safer.
In the discussion held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), the stakeholders deliberated on the problems facing the Nepali migrant workers abroad and management of the labor market among others.
Their discussion also touched on bringing those engaged in foreign employment, self-employment and the informal sector under the ambit of the social security fund. A program related to it would be organized on August 16, it was shared.
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PM Dahal, during the meeting, directed the concerned authorities to launch a study into the problems facing the Nepali migrant workers abroad and to find means and ways to resolve them sustainably, and present them in the next meeting.
Furthermore, the Head of the Government instructed them to work on ways of securing the welfare of the Nepali migrant workers abroad and making foreign employment more dignified and safer.
Present in the meeting were the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Purna Bahadur Khadka, Minister for Finance Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Sharat Singh Bhandari, Chief Secretary Dr Baikuntha Aryal, secretaries of various ministries and officials of the OPMCM.
(RSS)
