KATHMANDU, : Minister for Labour and Transport Management and Population and Environment Kamal Prasad Chaulagain has said that the government has given top priority to foreign employment service which has been supporting the national economy by helping maintain a constant flow into the foreign exchange reserves.
He made this remark while addressing a reception programme organised in his honour by the Nepal Joint Foreign Employment Association here today.
On the occasion, Minister for Labour Chaulagain pointed out the need for expanding the foreign employment business at a time when the tourism, garment and carpet industries have been hit by recession and the youths have been deviated toward the path of violence due to lack of employment.
He said if need be uniform standards would be fixed through policy reforms for promoting foreign employment.
Association president Bharat Singh Thapa underlined the need for diplomatic initiatives for appointment of labour attaches in countries where Nepalese labourers have gone for foreign employment, and establishment of a labour desk at the immigration section at the airport.
Secretary at the Ministry of Labour Prem Nidhi Gyawali said that necessary reforms were being made in the foreign employment acts and regulations in order to address shortcomings in the foreign employment sector.
He expressed the view that initiatives should be taken to open up foreign employment opportunities in other countries like Japan and Germany.
Association’s former presidents Mahendra Sherchan, Prem Bahadur Gurung, Nirmal Gurung, Dan Bahadur Tamang and others stressed the need for making foreign employment services dignified, and reliable, and to register it as service business.