Kathmandu, Mar. 13: The Ministry of Labour organised a one-day youth self-employment orientation seminar here today to highlight various aspects of the Youth Self-employment Programme introduced by the government for the resolution of unemployment problem.

The main objective of the seminar is to provide the member secretaries nominated on the youth self-employment programme coordination committees in all 75 districts with the skill and knowledge of implementing the “Youth self-employment programme implementation directory-2056 B.S.

Inaugurating the seminar, Minister for Housing and Physical Planning, and Labour and chairman of the Youth Self-Employment Programme Implementation Committee Bal Bahadur K.C. said the self-employment programme is an outcome of the government’s commitment to provide one employment to each household.

The government has set a target of ensuring self-employment to 18,000 youths this year and gradually increasing the number for five years, he added.

Noting that the country faces big challenges in every front if its fails to promote the economy, Minister K.C. urged the participants of the seminar to shun ideological differences and provide first priority to the poor and suppressed while implementing the self-employment programme.

Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and member-secretary of the Youth Self-employment Programme implementation committee D. B. Bhattarai spoke about the government’s policy of providing micro enterprise and other appropriate training to the targetted individuals.

From the chair, vice-chairman of the committee Nabindra Raj Joshi called on all to contribute for the success of this programme.

Central member of the committee Binod Rai hoped that the directory would be instrumental for the member secretaries in successfully implementing the programme.

CTEVT vice-chairman Saroj Devkota and various others also spoke about different aspects of the programme.