Kathmandu, Apr. 1:A delegation of the Nepal Factory Workers Congress  led by its president Indradev Mishra  met Minister of  State for Labour Surendra Hamal and  discussed the   11    point    demands    put forward   by    the   Congress   to the Ministry, according to the private secretariat of the Minister of State.

As the minimum salary fixing committee has already been constituted and works have reached its final stages, if an agreement is not reached by the committee HMG would fix the minimum salary immediately.

Similarly, the ministry and the    factory   workers   reached an agreement as the demands  relating to annulment of the arrangement on gratuity 2019, formation of the national labour welfare fund, the district level tripartite labour committee and tripartite supervision committee, holding election of the official  trade union, and implementation and supervision of the  labour act and regulations have already been made.

Also the same day, the representative of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Fonseka called on Minister of State Hamal and discussed current issues in the Nepalese labour sector.