KMC’s
labor bank receives 400 applications in a month (rep
24/09/2023)
Govt
comes up with 47-pt decisions to address issues of
foreign labour migration (kh 21/09/2023)
Flying
away from the nest : Governance falls in the hands of
regressive forces when the engines of change exit the
system, by CK Lal (kp 13/09/2023)
Debunking
Brain-drain Debate, by Atindra Dahal (rep
06/09/2023)
Manage
Rural-To-Urban Migration, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
05/09/2023)
Why
Nepali students can’t wait to go abroad : Lack of jobs
due to political instability and growing corruption have
driven thousands of youths to seek their future
overseas, experts say, by Subin Adhikari (kp
05/09/2023)
Nepali
job seekers fall victim to deceptive Canadian employment
scams, losing millions (rep 05/09/2023)
KMC
to link unemployed people to jobs through Labour Bank
(ht 22/08/2023)
Justice
for workers : Employer pay model would lighten the
financial burden of migrant workers (ht 21/08/2023)
Number
of people seeking foreign employment rising in Karnali
(rep 10/08/2023)
Nepal
must take safe migration seriously : People migrate for
so many reasons, such as a better quality of life,
education, job opportunities and better salaries.
Amongst the 2.2m Nepali people, who migrate abroad,
81.28 percent are male and 18.72 percent female, by
Aleena T Sabu (ae 10/08/2023)
Vulnerable
youths, vulnerable nation : The youth's desire to join
foreign forces emanates from the Nepali state's failure
to provide ample jobs to its growing young population
(Part I), by Binoj
Basnyat (ae 09/08/2023)
'Nexus
between foreign employment, trafficking' (ht
09/08/2023)
Over
771,000 Nepali youths sought foreign employment
in FY 2022/23 (rep 27/07/2023)
Exodus
of Skilled Manpower: A Wake-Up Call for Nepal,
by Sandeep Thapa (rep 20/07/2023)
NAFEA
demonstrates in front of Immigration Department
for barring migrant workers from flying (kh
16/07/2023)
Nepalis
working abroad keep home fires burning :
Remittance inflows totalled a staggering Rs1.11
trillion in the first 11 months of the fiscal
year ended mid-June, the central bank says,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/07/2023)
Hot
and dangerous : At COP28, Nepal should negotiate
with Gulf countries to prioritise the well-being
of its citizens (kp 05/07/2023)
Over
740,000 migrant workers get permits for foreign
employment in 11 months of current FY : Around 2,044
individuals leaving the country daily for jobs abroad
(rep 04/07/2023), Around
750,000 Nepali got labor permits in 11 and half months,
says Department of Foreign Employment (nlt
05/07/2023)
12,000
migrant Nepali workers died abroad in a decade, by
Sabita Khadka (rep 30/06/2023), Extreme
heat puts migrant workers at risk of fatal diseases,
report says : Nepalis are returning from Middle East
with renal failure, cardiac issues and other ailments in
alarming numbers, by Arjun Poudel (kp 01/07/2023)
28
migrant workers from Nawalpur die in the course of
overseas employment (kh 28/06/2023)
Fixing
the Unemployment and Skills Gap, by Rabindra Singh
(rep 18/06/2023)
National
Investigation Department announces vacancies for 71
positions (rep 17/06/2023) [Are
the rules on social inclusion being applied or are these
again predominantly jobs for male Khas Arya?]
UAE
requests Nepal to resume sending domestic helpers : On
Wednesday, Nepal and the UAE renewed the labour deal,
which paves the way for the resumption of sending
domestic workers to the Gulf nation more conveniently,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 15/06/2023)
Overcome
Growing Labour Crisis, by Sudan Kumar Oli (rn
15/06/2023)
Nepal
plans to reopen war-torn Iraq for Nepali migrant workers
: Reconstruction works are being carried out in Iraq and
other countries fuelling demand for Nepali workers,
officials say (kp 04/06/2023)
More
than 650,000 Nepalis took labor permit in the first 10
months of FY 2022/23, by Sabita Khadka (rep
04/06/2023)
With
men away in India for work, women fill void in
construction : Until a few years ago, contractors would
not hire women in construction projects, but that has
changed now since most villages are almost devoid of men,
by Tripti Shahi (kp 03/06/2023)
Inhumane
cost of labour : The violation of the free-visa,
free-ticket policy for Nepali workers is one reason for
their suffering (kp 02/06/2023)
South
Korea to employ Nepalis in shipbuilding : The East Asian
country has asked for 3,000 people to work in the
shipyards, officials said, by Pawan Pandey (kp
01/06/2023)
12,000
Nepali migrant workers lost their lives abroad in
one-and-half decades, by Sabita Khadka (rep
25/05/2023)
Report
shows increasing vulnerability of Nepali migrant workers
: Nepal and its labour-receiving countries have
effectively failed in ensuring the migrant workers’
rights, experts say, by Pawan Pandey (kp 24/05/2023)
Japan’s
caregiving sector eyes workers from Nepal : Japan opened
up its labour market to Nepalis as specified skilled
workers in March 2019 (kp 23/05/2023)
Over
660,000 Nepalis left the country in 10 months for
overseas jobs (rep 22/05/2023)
Why
are Nepalis Leaving the Country?, by Hari Prasad
Shrestha (rep 21/05/2023)
Rs
760 million duped luring of foreign jobs: DoFE (kh
19/05/2023)
Nepal’s
private sector provides jobs to 4.93 million persons,
report says : Nepal needs to continue strengthening
its private sector to achieve its goal of becoming a
middle-income country by 2030, according to a joint
study by FNCCI and IFC (kp 19/05/2023)
'UK's
seasonal agriculture visa scheme exposes migrant
workers to serious risk of abuse' : This year, 45,000
visas are available under the scheme (ht
17/05/2023), Experts
call for fair treatment of migrant workers in UK : The
UK’s Home Office immigration statistics show that
2,072 Nepalis got seasonal work visas in the first
half of 2022, by Pawan Pandey (kp 18/05/2023)
Coalition
leaders urge govt to prioritize job creation in policy
and programs (kh 16/05/2023)
Challenges
Of Foreign Employment, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
16/05/2023)
Nation
Needs To Prevent Brain Drain, by Nisha Jha (rn
14/05/2023)
Human
flight : “It’s not whether migration is good or bad,
but how we can better manage it for development and
prosperity.” (nt 12/05/2023)
Task
force studying effectiveness of free-visa, free-ticket
policy : Despite the provision, Nepali migrant workers
are still made to pay a hefty amount in recruitment
fees, insiders say, by Pawan Pandey (kp
12/05/2023)
Foreign
job fraud cases are on rise, by Sabitri Dhakal (ae
10/05/2023)
Abuse
of interns on the rise in Nepal, report says : The
report by GEFONT said the number of trainee and
apprentice workers increased by 20 percent in a year
(kp 08/05/2023)
Make
Nepali Migrants’ Future Secure, by Bhupa P Dhamala
(rn 03/05/2023), Labour
Exploitation Still Pervasive, by Namrata Sharma
(rn 03/05/2023)
eturn
migrant opens flourishing farmhouse resort in his
village : Located 3 km south of Dumre Chowk in Tinahu
Rural Municipality, the eco farmhouse allows visitors
to observe local farm life, by Sanju Paudel (kp
29/04/2023)
Mismatches
in labour market : Nepal is entering a new phase of
industrial practices in line with global trends, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 25/04/2023)
Nepalis
finding their fortune in Shimla : The Indian Embassy in
Kathmandu estimates that nearly 8 million Nepalis live
and work in India, by Rajesh Mishra (kp 23/04/2023)
Myagdi’s
development fails to stop residents from outmigration :
While some families have migrated to the country’s urban
centres, many individuals have left for foreign
employment, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 20/04/2023)
Migrant
workers face hassles to enrol in social security scheme
: Labour migration researchers have questioned the
rationale behind starting a scheme without adequate
preparations, by Pawan Pandey (kp 18/04/2023)
Social
and economic reintegration programmes for returnee
migrant workers set to begin : Foreign Employment Board
has approved proposals from 81 local units to start the
programmes, by Pawan Pandey (kp 17/04/2023)
Keep
them in Nepal : If people are given a chance to work in
their trained fields, they will not want to go abroad,
by Sushila Karki (kp 16/04/2023)
Job
guarantee for social security : Targeted job guarantee
can be an effective and equitable policy to achieve
financial stability, by Nischal Dhungel (kp
13/04/2023)
Re-integration
program for returnee migrant workers launched (kh
12/04/2023)
Arrests
expose scam involving migrant workers compensation : The
mechanism for paying financial assistance to the workers
and their families needs to be made easier, said experts,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 11/04/2023)
Ministry
of Labor cautions over the role of intermediaries
(kh 08/04/2023)
PM
Employment Program: 841,000 seek employment, only 15,000
get it (rep 05/04/2023) [One
of the many failed policies of former PM Oli!]
Nepal
has 10,000 foreign workers, highest from China (kh
03/04/2023)
Nepal’s
Europe Dream: To Cheer or Not? (rep 02/04/2023)
Work
Ethic Essential For Development, by Bhupa P Dhamala
(rn 31/03/2023)
No
country for young men : For four high schoolers in
Nepal, overseas work is the only way out of their
station in life, by Priti Thapa (nt 31/03/2023)
When
the migrant workers return home, they not only come with
money but also skills (ht 30/03/2023)
Migrant
workers being included in social security scheme (kh
23/03/2023), Migrant
workers enlisted in social security scheme : The scheme
which covered only formal private sector workers has
been expanded to migrant workers and self-employed
persons abroad, by Pawan Pandey (kp 23/03/2023)
Nepal
removes fixed-term labour approvals : Nepali missions in
destination countries have been given the authority to
issue re-entry labour approvals, by Pawan Pandey (kp
20/03/2023), Surge
in labor approvals and remittance inflow (ae
20/03/2023)
Over
61,000 receive work permits in a month (rep
20/03/52023)
Provision
of two-year labor permit for foreign employment removed
(kh 16/03/2023)
Nepali
recruitment agency loses GLAA licence : The GLAA had
suspended Adept and Agile’s licence earlier this year in
January (kp 14/03/2023)
Combating
Unemployment And Poverty, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
12/03/2023)
Out
of job, Nepali delivery riders in UAE await help : The
migrant workers say they paid recruiting agencies in
Nepal Rs250,000 to Rs315,000 each in the hopes of making
over Rs100,000 a month, by Pawan Pandey (kp
09/09/2023)
Rethinking
retirement age : The civil servants in Nepal retire
relatively early, and this is not good news for the
country, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (kp 06/03/2023)
Nepal
squanders overseas seasonal work opportunities : Farms
in the UK have already decided not to hire Nepalis due
to a rise in absconder numbers and high recruitment fees,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 03/03/2023)
Beset
by poverty at home, Banke women face horror abroad :
Several debt-ridden Nepali women who illegally visited
Gulf nations for jobs are in captivity and crying for
help, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 03/03/2023)
Calls
grow for gender equality in foreign jobs m: The
restrictive policies over the years, regarding labour
mobility of women, have made them vulnerable to
trafficking and forced labour, observers say, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 28/02/2023)
Nepalis
no more allowed to go to UAE and Qatar as motorcycle and
taxi drivers (rep 22/02/2023)
Over
64,000 obtain work permits in the last one month (kh
22/02/2023)
High
school dropout runs flourishing eatery in Delhi : Trends
show that nearly 1 million Nepalis will leave the
country this fiscal year for better jobs abroad, apart
from those going to India, officials say, by
Mimamsha Dhungel (kp 15/02/2023) [This
is thanks to the extremely successful and committed
employment policies of Nepal's incredibly competent top
politicians!]
Voices
for fair recruitment grow as Nepal and Malaysia hold
labour talks today : Malaysia’s Home Minister Ismail is
in Kathmandu to discuss a number of bilateral issues,
including migration (kp 03/02/2023)
Nepal
is a champion country for fair recruitment, but on paper
only, observers say : Migrant workers are still paying a
huge amount for recruitment fees despite laws to prevent
such expenses (kp 31/01/2023)
UK
may not hire Nepali seasonal workers this year : The
organisations licensed to recruit workers have decided
not to do so because of controversies over illegal fees
and abscondment, insiders say, by Pawan Pandey (kp
30/01/2023)
Migrant
workers risk their lives in hopes of better life : Lured
with promises of good jobs, Nepali youths fall into
human traffickers’ traps, by Rajesh Mishra (kp
29/01/2023)
Making
overseas migration better : The RSP has a responsibility
to fulfil its pledge to improve the wellbeing of Nepali
migrant workers, by Kunda Dixit (nt 27/01/2023)
Government
to review provision requiring recruitment agencies to
send minimum 100 workers abroad : Manpower agencies have
been lobbying for scrapping the provision ever since it
was introduced in 2019, by Pawan Pandey (kp
22/01/2023)
Step
at a time : Politicians and ministers should take
practical steps to wean the state off remittance (kp
20/01/2023)
Karnali
govt forms taskforce for youth employment (kh
19/01/2023)
Uncontrolled
migration, foreign employment depleting Myagdi villages,
by Dhruba Sagar Sharma (rn 19/01/2023)
Number
of people leaving Nepal to seek foreign employment
rising, by Kabita Khadka (rep 12/01/2023)
Labour
permits to be issued from all seven provinces from today
(kh 08/01/2023)
Nepal
Embassy cautions Nepali nationals aspiring for job in
South Africa against job fraud (rep 07/01/2023)
Nepali
workers flee Punjab’s rice mill, report death from
torturous conditions : A total of 14 people had gone to
Punjab in the second week of October to work at Mittal
Rice Mill in Samana, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp
30/12/2022)
More
Nepalis leave for foreign jobs in 2022 : In the last
fiscal year ended mid-July, daily departures averaged
1,726, a five-year high, by Pawan Pandey (kp
30/12/2022)
Innovative
micro-enterprises: A solution to youth migration in
rural Nepal, by Anupam Bajra (ae 22/12/2022)
Europe
emerges as attractive destination for Nepali migrant
workers (ae 22/12/2022)
Cabinet
gives green light for seasonal workers : The Seasonal
Workers Management Working Guidelines 2022 permits local
level to select workers and send them to foreign
countries for temporary employment, by Pawan Pandey
(kp 21/12/2022)
Nepal
Labour Migration Report 2022 launched (rep
20/12/2022)
Migrant
departures turn into exodus as economy stalls : Official
statistics show that 347,340 Nepalis had left the
country by the first five-month period that ended
mid-December, by Pawan Pandey (kp 19/12/2022)
The
misery of migrant workers : Our workers are needlessly
losing lives in Qatar due to dehumanising working
conditions, by Sakun Gajurel (kp 04/12/2022)
Migration
turning hill villages into ghost towns : Villages in
Ramechhap, Dhankuta lie abandoned and fields fallow with
residents leaving in search of greener pastures,
by Tika Prasad Bhatta and Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp
02/11/2022) [Nepal needs a
government that is finally serious about domestic job
creation!]
Fraud
on the rise in foreign employment, by Sabita Khadka
(rep 27/11/2022)
Leaving
on a jet plane : If things continue as usual, the stream
of people’s exodus could soon turn into a deluge (kp
23/11/2022)
World
Cup behind the scenes: Workers get raw deal : Many
Nepali migrant workers have been facing contract
breaches, wage theft and discrimination, according to
human rights watchdogs, by Pawan Pandey (kp
12/11/2022)
Reintegration
programme for migrant workers awaits implementation :
The programme will support the reintegration of
returnees in the community to ensure that they benefit
fully from their foreign experience, by Pawan Pandey
(kp 07/11/2022)
Emerging
Form of Circular Labor Migration In Nepal, by Bindu
Sharma (sp 21/10/2022)
Calls
grow to give migrant workers their due in World
Cup-hosting Qatar : Since 2008-09, more than 11,200
Nepalis have died and over 2,200 been injured in foreign
labour destinations, by Pawan Pandey (kp 19/10/2022)
Migrant
workers biggest moneymakers, but the country doesn’t
care enough : Nepal’s weak diplomacy has been a big
barrier to addressing labour exploitation at work
destinations, by Pawan Pandey (kp 24/09/2022)
Reintegrating
returnee migrant workers : The local level is the
fundamental institution to implement reintegration
programmes, by Thaneshwar Bhusal (kp 23/09/2022)
Training
made mandatory for domestic workers going to European
countries (kh 16/09/2022)
Foreign
employment revival : Remittances rebound after the
pandemic, offering Nepal some respite from an economic
crisis (nt 12/08/2022)
Migration
not a wish, but necessity for Nepalis : New empirical
study on how oversees employment has affected workers,
returnees and their families, by Shristi Karki (nt
12/08/2022)
Urban
development department has 600 daily-wage and temporary
employees!, by Bhuwan Sharma (rep 09/08/2022)
Directive
to prioritise local workforce stems from lack of
understanding, experts say : If the government wants to
replace foreign workers, observers stress the need to
produce skilled manpower first when Nepali youths are
leaving the country in droves, by Pawan Pandey (kp
05/08/2022)
Make
Foreign Jobs Dignified, by Ramesh Aryal (rn
04/08/2022)
Qatar
seeks Nepalis to fill service sector vacancies during
FIFA World Cup : The decision to hire Nepali workers in
the service sector comes amid growing criticism of Qatar
for poor treatment of foreign workers, by Pawan
Pandey (kp 30/07/2022)
Government,
private sector join hands to promote startup ecosystem
in Nepal : The startup manifesto under StartupNation
aims to achieve 100,000 new quality jobs by 2030, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 26/07/2022)
Campaign
of ensuring employment for persons with disabilities
emphasized (kh 24/07/2022)
Bringing
Skills Back? Lessons for Nepal’s Future Migration Policy
Approach, by Froilan Malit Jr and Anurag Devkota
(rep 23/07/2022)
Policy
failures drive Nepalis to seek their fortunes abroad :
In the last fiscal year, more than 628,503 people
received labour permits, the second highest number on
record, by Pawan Pandey (kp 19/07/02022), In
light of policy gap : Lack of opportunities at home
means the trend of mass departures will likely continue
(kp 21/07/2022) [There
continues to be a complete lack of interest in ensuring
the right of people to work in their own country!]
Number
of workers going abroad increases by 3.68 times (kh
16/07/2022)
Foreign
Employment Tribunal settles 227 cases in current fiscal
year (kh 15/07/2022)
Workers
lack security in Nepal and abroad, by Keshav
Adhikari (kh 11/07/2022)
Chasing
the European dream : Changing migration patterns mean
that more Nepalis are now traveling to western Europe
via dangerous, illegal routes in the hopes of obtaining
residence in a European country like Portugal, by
Bhrikuti Rai (rec 17/06/2022)
Domestic
workers across Asia and the Pacific: It's time to give
the rights they deserve, by ChihokoAsada Miyakawa
(ht 17/06/2022)
Nepal
signs labor agreements with 10 countries in 17 years :
Agreements with four more countries soon (kh
15/06/2022)
Nepal
and Switzerland partner to reintegrate returnee migrant
workers in Nepal (rep 08/06/2022)
1,171
Nepalis lost their lives in foreign employment in eight
months (kh 29/05/2029)
Migrant
workers to get labor permits from Bhairahawa : Officials
say decentralization of foreign job services will
facilitate workers and reduce the crowd at the
Kathmandu-based Foreign Employment Office, by Tulsi
Subedi (ae 26/05/2022)
Tackling
Unemployment Problem, by Shyam Prasad Mainali (rn
20/05/2022)
Labor
permit service goes online (nlt 20/05/2022)
Laws
fail to discourage fraud incidents in foreign employment
: Foreign employment department get around 800
complaints against fraud agents and agencies in nine
months, by Tulsi Subedi (19/05/2022)
Skilled
Nepali workers getting high-paying jobs abroad : Many
countries besides Japan may open their doors to skilled
Nepali workers, particularly caregivers, industry
insiders say, by Pawan Pandey (kp 15/05/2022)
Rethinking
labor and laborer, employed and unemployed, by
Ananta Aryal (nlt 03/05/2022)
Safety
and health at work: Acting together to build a positive
culture, by Chihoko Asada Miyakawa (ht 02/05/2022),
Govt
for creating dignified working environment (ht
02/05/2022)
From
today, institutional labor permit will be issued online
only (rep 15/04/2022)
Migrant
workers who've received work permits on their own must
submit self-declaration documents (rep 14/04/2022)
Youths
head for India in droves indifferent to elections : Say
earning livelihoods and feeding their families are more
important to them, by Thakur Singh Tharu and Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 01/04/2022)
[It is the criminal failure of
the previous Oli government, but of course also of the
present Deuba government, to have simply and
purposefully disregarded the SC's directive on the
participation of migrant workers in the elections! It
has already been established for five years that 2022 is
an election year!]
From
Darchula to Dharchula, every day for work : Hundreds of
Nepalis cross the Mahakali border every day looking for
work in India's Dharchula. There are no jobs in Nepal,
they say, by Jag Bahadur Budha (rec 31/03/2022)
After
being enslaved in Lebanon for 12 years, Sajita Lama
finally returns to her home in Nepal (nt 25/03/2022)
Social
Costs Of Foreign Job, by Mahendra Subedi (rn
22/03/2022)
A
one-way ticket : For most migrant workers, it’s a life
lived without appreciation, and in death, without
dignity (kp 21/3/2022)
Nepalis
are dying in the Gulf. Not enough done to prevent loss
of life : The causes of death are not being properly
investigated, says a report, highlighting how migrant
workers are exposed to a series of risks to health,
including heat and humidity, by Binod Ghimire and
Arjun Poudel (kp 19/03/2022)
200,000
Nepalis went abroad in search of employment in the first
seven months of current FY (rep 12/03/2022)
Female
migrant workers hold up half the sky : Migration offers
Nepali women a chance to become financially independent,
yet the government tried to restrict it, by Sahina
Shrestha (nt 11/03/2022)
Labor
desk at TIA removed (kh 10/03/2022)
53
foreign employment companies face govt action (rep
01/03/2022)
Govt
to provide free PCR test for workers going for foreign
employment (kh 27/02/2022)
Issues
in foreign employment : Nepal's foreign employment
management regulation remains a subject of controversy,
by Thaneshwar Bhusal (kp 25/02/2022)
Call
to make foreign employment safe (ht 24/02/2022)
Let
us salute migrant workers : They do not command the
respect they deserve in government policy or people’s
minds, by Paban Raj Pandey (kp 21/02/2022)
Debt
bondage, forced labor and discrimination: How migrant
workers, including many Nepalis, are suffering in Dubai
: Dubai is currently hosting Expo 2020 Dubai. Migrant
workers working on the Expo projects face a host of
problems including forced labor, debt bondage, delays
and non-payment of wages, passport retention, threats
and harassment, by Deepika Thapaliya (nlt
16/02/2022)
Systematic
reforms necessary for increasing remittance: Labour
Minister (kh 11/02/2022)
Government
to honour returnee migrant worker-turned entrepreneurs
(kh 03/02/2022)
Labor
Ministry forms a Task Force to classify foreign
employment companies (rep 03/02/2022)
Establishment
of Call Center and Foreign Employment Complaints Hearing
Room at labor ministry (rep 30/01/2022)
Govt
cautions outbound workers to get legal permit before
travelling to destination countries (rep 29/01/2022)
No
country for young men : Remittances fuel Nepal’s
economy, but country’s migration policies still do not
favour workers, by Shristi Karki (nt 29/01/2022)
Govt
forms a team of marshals to take action against
middlemen and manpower companies who leave Nepalis
stranded abroad (rep 28/01/2022)
Ways
To Meet Brain Gain Goals, by Bhupa P Dhamala (rn
28/01/2022)
Home
Ministry forms committee to study pros and cons of Visit
Visa (kh 27/01/2022)
Politicians’
incompetence is turning the best minds away, ruining
Nepal’s future: A renowned US-based Nepali expert came
to Nepal to help the country create well-paid jobs for
fellow Nepalis but Nepali politicians responded in such
a way he began to lose hope, by Anjali Subedi (based
on talk with Ramhari Subedi) (nlt 25/01/2022)
Resuscitation
of the Bygone Loksewa Legacy, by Pradip Kumar Kafle
(rep 24/01/2022)
Dying
as a migrant worker in a pandemic : When global mobility
restrictions were at its strictest, some migrant workers
who died to Covid-19 returned home as ashes in a box.
Their families are still being deprived of compensation,
by Rakesh Prasad Chaudhary (rec 21/01/2022)
Workers
return home after losing jobs in India : Around 1,000
people are entering Nepal through the Trinagar border
point in Kailali on a daily basis, by Mohan Bushaair
(kp 16/01/2022)
DoFE
to issue labour permits via online only (rep
15/01/2022)
90
percent employed women are working informally in Nepal :
Women informal sector workers share a disproportionate
burden of unpaid care work and family responsibilities
that limit their job opportunities, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 07/01/2022)
Over
4.4 million people involved in informal sector face
vulnerabilities, by Eak Raj Bastola (kh 05/01/2022)
Nepal
has over 4.4 million informal workers, majority of them
underpaid and excluded from social protection: Report.
Nepal has seen reforms in labor and social security acts
but these reforms have made little to no impact on the
lives of informal sector workers, the report says,
by Prasun Sangroula (nlt 30/12/2021)
Migrant
workers’ worry over wage in COVID-19 pandemic (kh
28/12/2021)
Exodus
of Nepal’s youth : Ironically, people leave Nepal to
work in countries that have turned deserts into
agricultural lands (kp 24/12/2021)
Qatar
announces reforms in labor laws, Nepali workers expected
to benefit : Qatar is among the major destination
countries for Nepalis to go for employment. Around
4,00,000 Nepalis are estimated to be working in Qatar in
various sectors (nlt 22/12/2021), Nepali
lying in jail for 4 yrs for failure to pay 2.5 million
as compensation, by Yogendra Yogi (kh 23/12/2021)
NAC
directed to allocate 40 low tariff ticket to Nepali
overseas workers (kh 22/12/2021)
Exploitation
and harassment await young people joining the workforce,
by Aishwarya Baidar (rec 21/12/2021)
Taskforces
formed to address unemployment (ht 09/12/2021)
Govt
looking for alternative to 'free visa, free ticket'
system, by Rudra Khadka (rep 09/12/2021)
Nepal-Qatar
Joint Committee meeting: An opportunity to address
challenges faced by Nepali workers : As the Nepal-Qatar
Joint Committee meeting is taking place in Kathmandu
today, here are a host of issues the two countries need
to address to ensure safety and wellbeing of Nepali
workers in Qatar, by Deepika Thapaliya (nlt
03/12/2021), Qatar
agrees to review labor agreement with Nepal (kh
03/12/2021)
Govt
mulling reintegration of Nepalis migrant returnee
(kh 27/11/2021)
Job
impact from pandemic worse than expected (ht
28/10/2021)
Govt
sending Nepali workers to South Korea almost after 2
years; 48 flying today (kh 27/10/2021)
Korea-bound
workers called for completing official procedures for
job placement (rep 06/10/2021)
Preventable
deaths : There will be no change in the plight of
migrant workers as long as the concerned governments are
reluctant to act (ht 20/09/2021)
70%
migrant workers say they will not choose same recruiting
agency again (kh 16/09/2021)
Employment
in Korea to resume only after implementation of
biometrics, by Rudra Khadka (rep 15/09/2021)
Prime
Minister Employment Program fails to reach target
(rep 22/08/2021)
Migrant
workers’ contribution: Where is the Government?, by
Nitish Lal Shrestha (kh 16/08/2021)
Nepali
workers still unsure if they will be able to report to
their jobs in Kuwait : Nepalis have not been able to
migrate to Kuwait since March last year. Even after
getting jabbed against Covid-19, Nepalis who came home
on job breaks are denied entry, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 12/08/2021)
Israel
caregiver job vacancies getting huge response from
Nepali youths : For 1,000 caregiver jobs, more than
5,000 candidates have already applied and over 20,000
are in the application process. The application deadline
expires on August 16, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
11/08/2021)
Exiles
at home : Migrant workers are heroes of the nation, but
the government treats them as lesser humans,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 08/08/2021)
Migrant
workers continue to crowd Teku hospital, by Anup
Ojha (kp 07/08/2021)
Government
starts accepting applications from migrant workers for
QR-coded jab certificates : Foreign job seekers will be
issued certificates within a few days of filing an
application, which can be done online or in person,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/08/2021)
UAE
allows conditional entry to Nepalis : The decision comes
as a relief to only those workers vaccinated in the UAE
and possessing valid visas, by Cjhandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 05/08/2021)
Expensive
airfare puts additional burden on Nepali migrant workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/08/2021)
Kuwait-bound
workers face new obstacle as jab certificates do not
have QR code : Nepalis who are home on job break fear
losing employment as their vaccine certificates don’t
have the required QR code, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 01/08/2021)
For
Israeli job, a Nepali worker needs to invest around
Rs165,700 : A labour deal already under criticism for
making workers pay has put an additional financial
burden on Israel job aspirants, labour migration experts
say, by Chandan Kumar mandal (kp 31/07/2021)
Workers
going to Qatar and Kuwait paying hefty amounts as zero
cost policy falters, report says, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 29/07/2021), Mirage
for migrant workers : The government must implement the
free visa and free ticket policy (kp 30/07/2021)
Nepali
migrant workers continue to die in numbers, by Tulsi
Subedi (ae 29/08/2021)
Coffin
economy : How do we account for the human cost of
foreign labour that keeps the Nepali economy afloat?
(kp 26/07/2021)
Police
warn foreign job aspirants against falling prey to sham
recruitment agents : According to the Nepal Police, in
the first 11 months of the last fiscal year, 577 cases
of fraud were filed across the country, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 21/07/2021)
To
the relief of foreign job sector, single-shot J&J
vaccine being given to migrant workers : Authorities
earlier had decided to give them Chinese Vero Cell.
Besides not being approved by many labour destinations,
its double-shot regime was impractical for outbound
workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/07/2021)
Foreign
employment board is taking up duty of training outbound
women : Candidates can still choose between the board
and private firms for the training, which helps them
learn about the destination countries and their cultures
and rules, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/07/2021)
Nepalis
among workers exploited in Qatar’s high-end hotels set
up for FIFA World Cup : Study shows luxury hotel brands
have failed to protect migrant workers, who suffer
serious abuses, including exorbitant recruitment
fees, discrimination and being trapped in a job through
fear of reprisal and intimidation, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 17/07/2021)
Job-seekers
now also jab-seekers : Mandatory vaccine requirement for
migrant workers throws international migration into
uncertainty, by Upasana Khadka (nt 21/7/2021)
Vaccinating
outbound workers with China-made Vero Cell shots adds to
complication, officials say : The vaccine, which is
developed by China’s Sinopharm, is not recognised by
most labour destination countries, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 16/07/2021)
Reframing
Our Youth Employment Problem, by Surath Giri and
Saurabh Shah (rep 15/07/2021)
Policy
to deny entry to unjabbed workers is discriminatory,
rights groups sayWhile labour-importing countries should
withdraw discriminatory policies and ensure vaccines to
all, Nepal should prioritise outbound workers for
Covid-19 vaccination, they demand, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 12/07/2021)
Bahrain
offers free vaccines to undocumented workers but Nepalis
are not showing up : Only 50 of around 600 undocumented
Nepalis have registered for vaccination, possibly
fearing arrest. Nepali mission says the fear is
unfounded, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 09/072021)
Fewer
flights, expensive tickets and Covid-19 restrictions hit
migrant workers : Vaccination rule has added uncertainty
to Nepal’s foreign employment sector. Nepali diplomats
in labour destination countries say workers are facing
similar hardship as last year, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 08/07/2021)
Workers
leaving for India ask government for free PCR tests,
by Mohan Budhaair (kp 08/07/2021)
Agencies
providing pre-departure training, fitness certificates
say government ignores themAs agencies continue to
struggle amid pandemic, costly renewal process burdens
them before the fiscal year end, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 04/07/2021)
Government
relaxes licence renewal rule for pandemic-hit
recruitment agencies732 recruitment agencies will
benefit from the decision. As per the rule, an agency
must send at least 100 workers abroad every year for two
consecutive years for licence renewal, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 03/07/2021)
Saudi
employers will foot quarantine bills of Nepali workers :
Experts say other destination countries should also
follow suit. A stay at a Saudi quarantine facility would
cost around Rs110,932, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/07/2021)
As
destinations require vaccination, foreign employment
takes another hitKuwait and Dubai allow entry only for
the vaccinated. In Saudi Arabia, workers must be
immunised. Prioritise jabs for workers or make
other arrangements, experts say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 27/06/2021), Get
the point? Nepali migrant workers cannot travel to
labour destinations as they are yet to be inoculated
(kp 28/06/2021)
Nepal
resuming and adding more flights to labour destination
countries : The decision will bring relief to thousands
of Nepali migrant workers stuck at home and abroad, as
well as help in the repatriation of bodies of Nepali
workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/06/2021)
Pandemic-battered
foreign recruitment industry seeks government supportAn
ILO study says Nepal’s foreign employment agencies
experienced various obstacles in running their
businesses due to the pandemic and have been left to
fend for themselves, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
21/06/2021)
Kuwait
decision to let in only vaccinated foreigners may affect
Nepali workers : Foreigners can visit Kuwait starting
August 1, but Nepal’s poor Covid-19 vaccination status
means fewer Nepali workers can benefit from the scheme,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/06/2021)
People
heading back to India for work (kh 19/06/2021)
Half
of Nepalis lost jobs in past month : New survey shows
most households got little or no support from the
government (nt 11/06/2021), Families
await support amidst loss of large scale jobs and income
sources, survey reveals (kh 12/06/2021)
Predeparture
training uncertain even as government starts issuing
labour permitsOfficials say they are waiting for the
government to lift the Covid-19 restrictions, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/06/2021)
Foreign
job recruiting agencies renew call for removal of law
they deem discriminatory : Provision requiring each
agency to send a minimum 100 workers abroad for two
consecutive years for licence renewal has become an
impossible proposition for a majority of recruiting
agencies hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 10/11/2021)
Migrant
workers return to India in search of jobs, by Mohan
Budhaair (kp 06/06/2021) [A
follow-up to the highly successful employment programme
of Oli!], Government
set to resume issuing labour permits tooutbound workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/06/2021)
Nepal’s
Failed Governance and Unemployment Problem : The
government is least concerned about the chaos in the
country created by the unemployment problem. Instead,
the Oli government’s every move shows that Oli is only
worried about saving his chair, by Prakash Pokhrel
(rep 02/06/2021)
In
a pandemic-hit economy, state offers little hope for
creating jobs : The budget for the upcoming fiscal year
aims to create around 350,000 new jobs whereas
500,000 youths enter the labour market every year, by
the government’s own estimates, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 31/05/2021)
Migrant
Workers’ Contribution vs. Government Behavior, by
Nitish Lal Shrestha (kh 29/05/2021)
Government
panel to collect details of Nepali workers stuck
abroad : There is no immediate plan to evacuate the
stranded workers, officials say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 26/05/2021), “Immediate
rescue plan needed for Nepalis stuck abroad” (rep
26/05/2021) [As in 2020, the
oh-so-competent Oli government refuses to honour its
responsibilities!]
Migrant
workers, families receiving compensation directly in
their bank accountsThe new compensation payment
arrangement has been a huge relief for the recipients,
especially during the ongoing pandemic when travelling
is difficult, by Chanfdan Kumar Mandal (kp
25/05/2021)
Around
25,000 outbound Nepali youths stuck due to flight
suspension : Recruitment agencies call for allowing few
weekly flights to labour destination countries, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/05/2021)
Kuwait
allows flights to Nepal but restrictions at home leave
migrant workers exasperated : With international flights
suspended, many migrant workers are unable to travel
back home, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/05/2021)
Pandemic
leaves migrant workers with worries piling up and
savings depleting : With international flights
suspended, many cannot return home–and they don’t have
jobs as their contact is over, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 20/05/2021)
Pandemic
pushing more families into poverty as unemployment
soars : People have been deprived of their basic right
to health, education and livelihood, rights activists
say, by Binod Ghimire and Anup Ojha (kp 20/05/2021)
Flight
restrictions at home may prevent workers from visiting
Saudi Arabia, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
18/05/2021)
More
than 600,000 people forced to seek jobs abroad each year,
by Tulsi Subedi (ae 13/05/2021)
Guidelines
ready for sending Nepali carers to Israel : Nepal and
Israel had signed a deal in September last year for
sending 500 Nepali caregivers, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 12/05/2021) [Israel
is definitely not a safe haven for migrant workers at
the moment!]
Malaysia
announces travel ban on Nepalis over rising cases of
coronavirus infection : Citizens of Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and Pakistan will be barred entry. Nepali
recruiting agencies fear other countries may follow suit,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/05/2021)
Covid-19
restrictions once again cast uncertainty over labour
migration : After a disastrous 2020 when labour
migration dropped to a new low, the foreign employment
sector has once again started to feel the heat amid
surge in coronavirus cases, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 04/05/2021)
Ensuring
Occupational Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic, by
Shankar Man Singh (rn 01/05/2021)
Lack
of proper data on accidents and hazards at workplace
puts Nepali workers off framework of occupational safety
and health standards: ILO (rep 30/04/2021)
Thousands
of Nepali migrant workers from Sudur Pashchim Province
return home as India is hit by the worst wave of
COVID-19 (rep 30/04/2021)
Several
bodies of Nepali migrant workers stuck abroad, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (21/04/2021)
Government
has failed on employment front (ht 14/04/2021)
NC
lawmaker Thapa lambasts govt indifference towards
unemployment issues (kh 12/04/2021)
Nepali
migrant workers find themselves entangled in Poland’s
red tape : The country needs hands but Nepali workers
are exploited on the way. A formal deal between
the two countries would help, officials and experts say,
by Ula Idzikowska, Abhaya Raj Joshi and Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 10/04/2021)
Oman
amnesty offers undocumented Nepalis chance to return
home : The amnesty programme, which was introduced in
October last year, has been extended till June 30,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/04/2021)
Workers
with conflicting biometric details to be barred from
flying abroad : The move comes as many pre-departure
training centres were found not orienting the workers to
their job needs, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
03/04/2021)
Delayed
dreams for Korea-bound Nepalis : Nepali migrant workers
have been waiting for more than a year to join jobs in
Korea, by Upasana Khadka (nt 02/04/2021)
Provisions
for creating employment for indigent women (kp
01/04/2021)
Pre-departure
orientation centres are not training migrant workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/03/2021)
Investing
in youth : Big employment generating programs must be
carefully evaluated while small innovative pilots should
be supported, by Simone Galimberti (rep 28/03/2021)
Nepali
workers can return for second stint in Korea (rep
28/03/2021)
Sudurpaschim
folks returning home in droves as COVID cases surge in
India (ht 27/03/2021), Migrant
workers start returning home as India reports rise in
Covid-19 cases : As least 34 people entering Nepal from
Gauriphanta border tested positive for Covid-19 in
the past five days, by Arjun Shah (kp 28/03/2021)
Saudi
Arabia to assess skills of migrant workers : Nepali
workers can acquire skills and also demand better pay
under the provision, labour migration experts say,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/03/2021)
Death
without dignity : The government must arrange for the
return of the remains of deceased migrant workers,
by Anurag Devkota (kp 16/03/2021)
Endless
wait for Korea jobs frustrates youths as they question
Nepal’s commitment : Thousands of Nepalis who have
passed the tests and got jobs blame government inaction
while experts say it could be proactive rather than wait
to hear from the Koreans, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 13/03/2021)
Recruiting
agencies irked by ‘government intention’ to
send workers to Qatar on its own : The agencies
say the labour minister’s recent remark that Nepali
security guards could be sent to Qatar under a
government-to-government deal threatens their business,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/03/2021)
Demands
for thousands of Nepali workers start pouring in from
Saudi Arabia : Recruiting agencies fear the sluggish
process of demand attestation process and other
obstacles might lead to job loss for potential Nepali
migrant workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/03/2021)
Qatari
employers to pay service fees to Nepali recruiting
agencies : From next month, the Nepali mission in Doha
will not verify workers’ demand if Qatari employers do
not agree to pay them, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/02/2021)
Think
beyond short-term for migrant workers : Instead of
providing short term aids to returnee migrants, should
not Nepal create opportunities for them here in the
country so that they do not have to rely on low paying
jobs in foreign lands?, by Bipana Thapa (rep
22/02/2021)
School
programme helps students generate income : Students can
take interest-free loans to start farming, by
Chandani Kathayat (kp 21/02/2021)
Recruiting
firms and foreign employment regulators resolve
conflicting issues : Recruiting agencies can set up a
branch office in each of the seven provinces, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/02/2021)
COVID-19
pandemic has failed to stop youths from going abroad for
work in Karnali Province (rep 18/02/2021)
Tansen
Municipality supports youth entrepreneurs with cash and
training : The municipality has pledged to invest more
than Rs60 million in the Youth Self-Employment Programme,
by Madhav Aryal (kp 18/02/2021)
700,000
apply for prime minister job scheme that aims to employ
200,000 this fiscal year : The past record of the
temporary employment programme has shown that it has not
met its target, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
15/02/2021), Create
more jobs : The scheme of a minimum of 100 days of work
is, at its best, a complementary project (kp
16/02/2021) [Another failure of
the Oli government!]
Private
security companies take a hit as pandemic impacts their
clients’ businesses : Hotels, banks and other financial
institutions have cut down outsourced security service,
according to industry insiders, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 15/02/2021)
Factories
in Bhairahawa switch to hiring women as high male
employee turnover bites productivity : With Nepali men
going to work overseas, Indian workers take a big share
of labour market. As women workers are more sincere,
there are signs that may change in the near future,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 14/02/2021)
Workers
preparing to go abroad to get updated training from this
week, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/02/2021)
Labour
migration to South Korea remains suspended for one year
: Thousands of Nepalis selected for Korean jobs have
been unable to go work due to Covid-19-related
restrictions, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
07/02/2021)
Indian
scammers targeting Nepalis for overseas work raises
concerns : The foreign employment sector, already
embroiled in malpractices and exploitation, faces yet
another challenge as officials fear foreigners are
scamming job seekers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/02/2021)
Nepali
mission resumes verifying workers’ demand for Saudi jobs,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/02/2021)
Foreign
employment officials, recruiting agencies in
confrontation mode : Recruiting agencies have been
dissatisfied over the recent spate of action taken
against them by the Department of Foreign Employment.
But officials say the agencies are merely venting their
frustration, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/01/2021)
Home
they came back in coffins : Why have so many people
chosen to go to the foreign countries to work despite a
risk of death? Why do we produce workers and not
entrepreneurs?, by Niraj Shrestha (rep 29/01/2021)
For
a few dollars more : We must begin to ask ourselves if
the foreign labour market is worth dying for (kp
26/01/2021)
Nepalis
being sent to Qatar for security jobs via illegal
routes, officials suspect : The circulation of an
electronic copy of a ‘Police Army Staff’ visa issued in
the name of a Nepali national even without proper
permits from the government raises concerns, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/01/2021)
Cracks
in the job programme : The Office of the Auditor General
called the scheme ‘unproductive’ in its 57th annual
report, by Navneet Jha (kp 25/01/2021)
Around
15,000 Nepalis received permits for foreign employment
in one month (rep 24/01/2021)
Nepali
women migrants repatriated from Beirut : Migrant
workers, mostly women, have been hit hard in the West
Asian country reeling under multiple crises, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/01/2021), Is
foreign employment a choice or a compulsion? Labor
migration is not safe for innocent Nepali migrant
workers. The government should ensure that every single
Nepali worker in foreign land is paid decent salary and
treated with dignity, by Bipana Thapa (rep
23/01/2021)
Having
returned empty-handed, workers seek compensation for
losses : A large number of migrant workers have returned
home with hefty loans after losing their overseas jobs.
Migrant rights activists say they should receive
compensation for their ordeal, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 20/01/2021), Relief
for the returnees : There should be no delay in the
disbursement of financial relief to migrant workers
(kp 21/01/2021))
Thousands
of home workers remain invisible and face
uncertain future : Millions of home-based workers are
facing poor working conditions, which was worsened by
the Covid-19 pandemic, an ILO study finds, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp18/01/2021)
A
few good agents : Recognising good examples among
migrant worker recruiters is as important as holding the
bad ones accountable, by Upasana Khadka (nt
15/01/2021)
Recruiting
agency found sending workers even without valid demand :
Matter comes to the fore after an agency denied
prospective workers a discount of Rs1,000, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/01/2021)
Foreign
Employment Department tells recruiting agencies not to
hold passports : In a new circular, the department asks
prospective workers not to submit their passports to
agencies until their jobs are finalised and pay
recruiters only through their bank accounts, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/01/2021)
COVID
pandemic worsens citizens’ right to employment (ht
07/01/2021)
Govt
looks for signing labor agreements with five more
countries (rep 05/01/2021) [It
would be more important to promote jobs inside Nepal!]
Proposed
amendment on visit visa law is deeply flawed, by
Karan Kunwar and Indu Dhungana (rep 03/01/2021)
Online
renewal of labour permits starts (ht 02/01/2021)
Pandemic
devastates the employment sector—both domestic and
foreign : Covid-19 taught Nepalis a painful lesson that
over reliance on foreign jobs is dangerous for the
households and national economy, but policy makers
have failed to employ returning workers, forcing them to
go back again, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
31/12/2020)
Foreign
Employment Still In Limbo As Verification Of Demand
Letter Is Halted, by Mukunda Gaire (rn 29/12/2020)
With
Gulf countries banning commercial flights, labour
migration sector stares at uncertaintyThe emergence of a
new strain of coronavirus has forced many countries to
once again close their borders, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 27/12/2020)
Nepalis
are leaving for India to work—in droves : Most migrant
workers returning to India fear political instability in
Nepal may lead to an unstable economy, pushing them to
the brink of poverty, by Mohan Budhaair (kp
25/12/2020)
Third
party involvement in Japan job programme contradicts
agreement : The agreement was under a
government-to-government modality and promised free jobs
to Nepali workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
21/12/2020)
Workers
can now renew their labour permits in destination
countries : New provision is expected to provide respite
to thousands who had to return to Nepal for their
re-entry permits, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/12/2020) [The pandemic is
still a reality in all destination countries!]
Call
to protect rights of migrant workers, their families
(ht 20/12/2020)
Workers
still pay hefty sums for jobs abroad : Even years after
‘free visa and free ticket’ policy was rolled out,
most workers haven’t benefited from it, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 19/12/2020)
Returnee
migrants prioritise tourism and agriculture (ht
19/12/2020)
Nepali
migration in the 2020s : Amidst a global pandemic, the
2oth International Migrants Day is a time to plan well
for the coming decade, by Upasana Khadka (nt
18/12/2020), The
Year of Migrant Workers: Paying lip service to ‘national
heroes’ on Friday's International Migrants Day is not
enough (nt 18/12/2020)
Online
labour permit renewal on cards (ht 17/12/2020)
Ensuring
employment for persons with disabilities : Only positive
discrimination can help persons with disabilities and
other vulnerable groups to access the job market, by
Krishna Gahatraj and Simone Galimberti (rep 16/12/2020)
The
unemployed and small business owners turn to
ride-sharing apps to pay their bills : Many who have
lost jobs or are incurring losses have joined the gig
economy to earn a living, with a majority of them opting
to work as riders on ride-sharing platforms, by
Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 15/12/2020)
Authorities
consider change in rules to check people leaving on
visit visas to work, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/12/2020)
Lumbini
starts entrepreneur development programme for
unemployed people : Beneficiaries will receive easy
loans and grants to start their own businesses, by
Amrita Anmol (kp 10/12/2020)
All
of Prime Minister job funds to go to wages : In the
third year of its implementation, the programme has so
far been a let-down as it fails to achieve its target,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/12/2020)
Workers
going abroad on visit visa complain of being duped,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/12/2020)
Europe
now favoured destination for Nepalis . Despite pandemic,
workers lured by better earnings, benefits and chance at
citizenship, by Upasana Khadka (nt 04/12/2020)
Agencies
involved in conducting interviews for Qatar police jobs
suspended, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/12/2020)
Foreign
employment office limits per day quota of labour permits
to 300 : The token system would be strictly implemented
to serve migrant workers and minimise mismanagement,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/11/2020)
Nepalis
going abroad on visit visa in droves worries officials :
Authorities fear that those leaving on visit visa could
be going abroad for work by dodging official procedures,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/11/2020)
The
road to Romania is bumpy and once there, workers are
exploited too : Asians fill labour gap as Romanians head
westward. Nepalis dreaming of working in Europe are
ready to pay commissions although Romanian companies pay
agents as well as airfare, by Abhaya Raj Joshi,
Chandan Kumar Mandal and Marine Leduc (kp 29/11/2020)
Recruiting
agencies suspect foul play in Qatar hirings : Nepal
Association of Foreign Employment Agencies says a few
agencies have formed a syndicate to exclusively send
workers to the Gulf country, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 26/11/2020), Raids
of four manpower agencies expose ‘syndicate’ to supply
workers to Qatar (rep 27/11/2020)
Despite
COVID-19 fears, thousands of Nepalis leave for India to
earn bread and butter, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
23/11/2020)
KMC
invites jobless daily wagers to participate in ‘Cash for
Work’ scheme (ht 22/11/2020)
569
local governments receive Rs6.89 billion for jobs
programme, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/11/2020)
पूरक
बजेट : एक अनिवार्य विकल्प : प्रादेशिक एवम् स्थानीय सरकार
र उद्योग वाणिज्य क्षेत्रका समानान्तर संरचनाहरूलाई
रोजगारीका अवसरहरूको पहिचान र सिर्जना गर्न संघीय सरकारले
स्रोत र वातावरण प्रदान गर्नुपर्छ [Supplementary
budget: a mandatory option : The federal government should
provide resources and environment to the provincial and
local governments and the parallel structures of industry
and commerce to identify and create employment
opportunities, by Achyut Wagle (ka 18/11/2020)
Nepali
missions abroad yet to verify demand for workers :
Without the verification, recruiting agencies say
thousands of workers have not been able to go despite
the Cabinet decision to resume labour migration in
August, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/11/2020)
Make
youths skilled : The three tiers of the government need
to work in tandem to find other ways out to provide the
needed skill to the returnee migrants (ht
03/11/2020)
Few
migrant workers seek refund for their repatriation cost
from government : The government directive made it
possible for returnee workers to claim refund for flight
tickets, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/11/2020)
Engaging
returnee migrants in country a pressing issue (ht
02/11/2020))
Large
number of people from Sudurpaschim Province are leaving
for India for jobs after Dashain festival, by Mohan
Budhaair (kp 30/10/2020)
Even
amid pandemic, Nepali migrant workers continue to seek
jobs abroad : Nepali migrant workers see ray of
hope in labour destination countries that are re-opening
their economies as they fail to find jobs at home,
foreign employment experts say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 20/10/2020)
Returnee
women migrant labourers stare at bleak future, survey
finds : While some of them want to go abroad for work
again due to lack of opportunities in the country,
others want government help to stay in the country to
start their own business., by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 18/10/2020)
No
takers for government’s migrant repatriation plan,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/10/2020)
Over
560,000 Nepalis lost jobs since the outbreak of COVID-19
pandemic: Govt (rep 12/10/2020)
Health
facilities certifying migrant workers’ fitness decry
scrapping of licence : The agencies, which had
criticised a hike in guarantee amount, are further hit
by the revocation of their licences at a time when their
business has remained affected for months, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/10/2020) [???]
Government
indifferent to plights of Nepali workers in India,
experts say : They continue to remain out of foreign
labour policies even though Nepalis have been going to
work in India for centuries, by Chandra Kumar Mandal
(kp 0/10/2020)
Small
but improving demand for Nepali workers offers hope for
foreign job sector, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/10/2020)
Coronavirus
infections hit labour migration offices : From
providing compensation to issuing labour permits, works
have taken a hit as labour-related offices are dealing
with Covid-19 among their staff, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 08/10/2020)
‘Address
issues of undocumented workers’ (ht 07/10/2020)
Uncertainty
looms over Korea jobs, language tests : Thousands of
Nepali workers who were selected for jobs in Korea in
2020 have been unable to take them up, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 03/10/2020)
Nepal
and Israel seal deal on labour, agriculture (kh
01/10/2020), Making
workers pay for Israel jobs is a step back from
zero-cost recruitmentRecent labour policy calls for
employers to bear recruitment fees, airfare and related
costs, but the latest accord to send 500 nurses to
Israel makes Nepalis pay the fees, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 02/10/2020)
Mass
migration : The unemployment problem cannot be addressed
unless all levels of govt work together to create jobs
within the country (ht 29/09/2020)
Bodies
of hundreds of migrant workers repatriated after
resumption of flights : More than 150 workers were
cremated abroad with the consent of their families due
to months of repatriation delays caused by flight
restrictions amid the Covid-19 pandemic, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 28/09/2020)
22,000
Nepali migrant workers leave for India (ht
28/09/2020) [?????]
Nepal
to sign pact with Israel to send caregivers, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/09/2020)
Nepali
workers and their families to benefit from Malaysian
government’s social security scheme : The social
security scheme will cover migrant workers in case of
work-related injuries, sickness and death, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/09/2020)
Parbat
sees return of labour force following relaxation in
lockdown measuresThe district has made quarantine period
mandatory for all migrant workers returning to the
district to keep a check on coronavirus infections,
by Agandhar Tiwari (kp 23/09/2020)
Migrant
workers would return home with money and gifts. Now it
is just themselvesWith contracts terminated and jobs
lost due to the pandemic, homecoming for Nepalis
who left the country for work is not a joy amidst an
uncertain future, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/09/2020)
Employment
programmes not stopping Sudurpaschim folk from going to
IndiaOver 10,000 Nepalis have already crossed the border
at Gauriphanta to reach India since mid-August, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp 20/09/2020)
As
Malaysia reserves jobs for locals, space for Nepalis
reeling under pandemic shrinks more, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 19/09/2020)
Saving
jobs during Covid crisis, by Nhasala Joshi and
Shweta Acharya (rep 15/09/2020)
Returnee
migrants and their management : When they come home,
out-migrants can revive rural economic activities that
were abandoned in the conflict era, by Kul Kapri (kp
13/09/2020)
Industries
and factories begin operations in Province 5 with local
labour force : Local workforce is filling the vacuum
created by foreign workers who left for their home when
the pandemic hit, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 12/09/2020)
Undocumented
migrant workers to get support to return home : They had
so far been excluded from the government’s
repatriation schemes, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
12/09/2020)
4
million jobs added to Nepal’s economy in past decade, a
report says : Despite great strides, not all job seekers
have access to quality jobs, especially women (kp
11/09/2020) [This report sounds
strange at a time when hundreds of thousands, if not
millions, of labour migrants are returning, looking in
vain for jobs at home!]
Access
to formal jobs more restricted for women (ht
11/09/2020)
Plan
to replace foreign workers with Nepalis in various
sectors is easier said than done : At a time when many
Nepalis have lost jobs, a comprehensive strategy could
ensure work for them at home, officials say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/09/2020)
Nepalis
in the Middle East fear starvation as government delays
repatriation, by Rudra Khadka (rep 10/09/2020)
As
migrant workers start returning home, local levels feel
the heat to create jobs : Local governments across
country prioritise employing returnee migrant workers
mainly in agriculture and local development sectors,
with some coming up with innovative ideas, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/09/2020), Burden
of unemployment : We cannot afford off-and-on lockdowns
and prohibitory orders that jeopardise the economy
(kp 07/09/2020)
Job
schemes come into question as virus-induced unemployment
hits rural youths hard : Several employment schemes have
been rolled out to absorb the labour force at home, but
they are failing to stop youths from migrating,
and the trend has started with many leaving for India
for work, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/09/2020)
Overstay
fines become hurdle for Nepali workers waiting to return
: Many workers have been charged with hefty fines for
overstaying their visas as flights to Nepal were
suspended for months due to Covid-19 pandemic, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/09/2020), Repatriation
quandary persists even with funds to support migrant
workers’ airfare : While Nepali embassies in labour
destination countries struggle with the complicated
verification process, labour rights activists
question the government’s commitment to bring citizens
home, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/09/2020)
Government
partially reopens foreign employment hit by pandemic.
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/09/2020)
Migrant
Workers In Gulf Being Charged Exorbitant Fares For Air
Tickets, by Modnath Dhakal (rn 31/08/2020)
Migrant
workers don’t have shelters to go to when they need them
the most : A Supreme Court decision in 2010 and existing
provisions allow officials to set up safe homes which
could have served workers even during the pandemic, say
labour rights activists, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
30/08/2020)
Hundreds
of migrant workers on their job-break can now return to
their jobs : Over 5,600 Nepali migrant workers have
received re-entry labour permits to report back to their
jobs abroad after the government decided to allow them
to migrate, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/08/2020)
Recruitment
agencies fight among themselves over Japan
employmentDispute erupted after some agencies formed a
separate body to work on various issues of employment in
Japan, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/08/2020)
Nepal
Tourism Board to begin job retention programme from
Kaski district (ht 18/08/2020)
Government
plan to repatriate only 500 migrant workers a day comes
under fire: There are hundreds of thousands wanting to
return home and this number is growing with the expiry
of more visas, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
16/08/2020)
Nearly
a quarter of Nepal’s workers lose jobs due to
coronavirus: Central Bank (ht 14/08/2020)
Jobs
of nearly 50,000 workers associated with party venues,
catering services at risk (ht 14/08/2020)
Unemployment
in Nepal worsens as government fumbles for a response,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 14/08/2020)
Prime
Minister Employment Programme has so far proved to be a
let-down for jobless citizens: The much-talked-about
programme has yet again failed to provide a minimum 100
days of employment, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/08/2020), ‘I
and my wife go to bed hungry to keep children fed’:
Returning migrants in Sudurpaschim and Karnali face a
bleak future. Government is still unclear how to provide
help, by Arjun Shah, Basanta Pratap Singh and
Chandani Kathayat (kp 09/08/2020)
OVID-19
renders one-fourth private sector workers jobless, NRB
survey finds: Businesses expect to return to normality
in nine months (rep 09/08/2020)
Government
decision to create thousands of temporary positions
draws controversy: Experts say the move adds burden to
the state coffers, already reeling under the corona
pandemic, by Anil Giri (kp 08/08/2020
Time
to talk turkey: Address the warnings beforehand to stop
an unemployment pandemic (kp 06/08/2020)
Set
up a mechanism for ensuring migrant workers wages,
labour rights activists say: A large number of workers
have returned home unpaid with no guarantee of being
paid, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/08/2020)
Kuwait
lifts Covid-19 travel bans but Nepalis still not
allowed: The decision has cast uncertainty on the future
of hundreds of Nepalis, including the workers who had
returned home during their job break from Kuwait, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/08/2020)
Recruiting
agencies decry government directive on repatriation of
migrant workers: As per new repatriation directive
recruiting agencies should ensure that Nepali workers
get air tickets, salary and other benefits before they
return on tickets bought from Migrant Workers’ Welfare
Fund, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/07/2020)
Nepal
yet to send workers to Japan under new deal: Sixteen
months after Nepal and Japan signed a labour deal,
details on how Nepali workers are to be selected and
recruited still remain sketchy, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 26/07/2020) [On top
of this nonsense: How shall they get there?]
Implementation
of guidelines to repatriate stranded workers fraught
with challenges: Long verification processes might
further delay repatriation, fear experts, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 24/07/2020)
‘I’ll
have to migrate sooner or later.’ Returnee migrant
workers are unaware of government job schemes: Several
programmes have been rolled out to help migrant workers,
but a study finds the government has failed to
communicate these programmes to the beneficiary groups,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/07/2020)
Government
lifts licence renewal provision for recruiting agencies
this year: The one-time relaxation comes in light of the
Covid-19 impact on the foreign employment sector, but
agencies continue their demand for repealing the
provision, by Chandan Kumabr Mandal (kp 21/07/2020)
Migration
woes: The government must come up with plans to
reintegrate foreign employment returnees and aspirants
(kp 21/07/2020)
Covid-19
results in massive decline in labour migration numbers,
with no immediate hopes of recovery: The number of
labour permits issued to migrant workers has slumped to
a new low owing to the pandemic, but available jobs are
likely to be even fewer, labour migration experts warn,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/07/2020)) [This
is just one of several serious problems that the
government should take care of day and night. Instead,
the incompetent PM Oli and his party colleagues have
only their personal power ambitions in the visor! Nepal,
quo vadis?]
Local
levels to prepare list of unemployed people (ht
20/07/2020)
Over
80 percent Nepali migrant workers want to return home,
engage in self-employment (rep 18/07/2020)
Reverse
migration puts spotlight on social, economic
reintegration of returnees (ht 17/07/2020)
Aspiring
workers grow impatient as flights to Korea remain
suspended: Years of hard work could go down the drain if
the government doesn’t make arrangements for them to
leave, they say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
16/07/2020)
Pandemic
has once again thrown light on plights of Nepali women
migrant workers: Blanket ban on women from migrating
overseas for employment has only encouraged labour
trafficking and exploitation, labour migration experts
and rights groups say, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
16/07/2020)
Nearly
600 Nepali workers in Malaysia to get refunds for their
recruitment fees: Malaysia’s leading gloves maker has
agreed to compensate nearly 1,600 of its foreign workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/07/2020)
Supreme
Court asks government why Nepalis working in India are
not considered to be in ‘foreign employment’:
Petitioners say excluding work in India from the foreign
employment category is discriminatory towards Nepali
workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/07/2020)
Help
returning workers reintegrate socio-economically, labour
migration analysts tell government: A large number of
Nepali workers returning from Covid-19 affected
countries will need employment opportunities at home
after they have lost overseas jobs and there is no
immediate hope of going back anytime soon, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/07/2020)
DoFE
issues nearly 1,500 re-entry permits in one week (ht
09/07/2020)
Failing
our migrant workers: One would have expected the present
government to be more attuned to the challenges faced by
workers in destination countries, by Deepak Thapa
(kp 09/07/2020)
Tackling
youth unemployment post-pandemic, by Bikas Pant (rep
08/07/2020)
Jobless
and without pay, migrant workers are returning home. But
they have no recourse for compensation: Labour migrant
experts say the concerned Nepali embassies and the
government should start recording the details of the
returning migrant workers to take the matter to the
court, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 04/07/2020)
Government
starts issuing labour permits to migrant workers on job
break and with renewed contracts: Experts question the
government’s decision as the threat of Covid-19 is still
not over in labour destination countries, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 03/07/2020))
Returning
migrant workers struggle to find job, by Shivaraj
Bhatta and Mahadev Awasthi (ae 26/06/2020)
Build
safety nets: The government must buttress its support
system to help those rendered jobless by the pandemic
(kp 22/06/2020)
Out-of-job
domestic workers are struggling for survival even as
lockdown is relaxed: Up to 85 percent of domestic
workers lost their jobs during the lockdown—and now
there is no safety net for them, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 21/06/2020)
Post-COVID-19
Employment In Forestry Sector, by Hari Prasad Pandey
and Ganesh Paudel (rn 19/06/2020)
Supreme
Court orders government to use welfare fund to
repatriate Nepali workers stranded abroad: Tens of
thousands of Nepalis willing to return home are still
stranded for a lack of money to buy air tickets and
clarity on repatriation modality, Sangam Prasain
& Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/06/2020), Nepali
embassies’ ill-treatment of workers continues even
during pandemic: A video gone viral on social media
shows an official at the UAE embassy cold- shoulder a
Nepali man in distress, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
17/06/2020)
They
can make a difference: Returnee migrants can play a
vital role in Nepal’s post-COVID-19 recovery with their
skills and capital, by Lorena Lando (rep 16/06/2020)
Foreign
employment agencies decry government’s notice calling
for licence renewal: Companies engaged in the foreign
employment sector have said that they cannot apply for
renewal as their business has remained completely shut
due to the Covid-19 pandemic, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 15/06/2020)
Government
task force says Nepal needs 1.5 million jobs to avoid
unemployment crisis: The government has set the target
of creating only 700,000 jobs over the next fiscal year,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/06/2020) [Job creation has been neglected by all governments
for many years. Now these politicians are getting the
credit!]
Program
for the poor: How welfare-to-work programs can protect
the poor and vulnerable during the difficult times,
by Tara Kanel (rep 10/06/2020)
Migrant
rights groups slam government plan to charge migrant
workers for their repatriation: A writ petition has been
filed at the Supreme Court demanding free repatriation
and medical services for Nepali workers stranded in
various labour destination countries, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/06/2020)
Government
to set up ‘labour bank’ to link employers and workers: A
labour ministry task force has recommended that the
government establish a mechanism to maintain a real time
database on workers and their skills so that employers
can hire them when needed, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 02/06/2020)
Government
eyes massive 700,000 jobs within the country: Experts
say the government plan of creating jobs is neither new
nor adequate to deal with the Covid-19 fallout, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/05/2020)
Recruiting
agencies want their guarantee amount back as their
business is affected due to Covid-19: Government could
provide some concessions depending on the status of
recruiting agencies but also need to make such agencies
responsible towards plights of migrant workers, experts
say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/05/2020)
PMEP
to be promoted as major source of employment next fiscal
(ht 26/05/2020)
Deceased
migrants are being cremated overseas as lockdowns delay
repatriation: Families have been left without option
because of the uncertainty caused by the pandemic,
officials say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
24/05/2020))
At
least 500,000 migrant workers want to return home at the
earliest, says report: Nepal Association of Foreign
Employment Agencies says 10-30 percent of jobs held by
Nepalis in Malaysia and the Gulf is gone, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 21/05/2020), Government
preparing to rescue migrant workers stranded abroad,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 21/05/2020) [The
Oli govt talks of 5 per cent only of those who have to
return urgently!]
Pandemic
threatens to upend labour relations: Workers term
employers’ decision to cut staff, wages ‘unilateral’ and
‘unacceptable’, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 21/05/2020)
Task
force suggests ways to create 2.5 million jobs amid job
losses at home and abroad due to Covid-19: Focus is on
entrepreneurship, reviving sick industries and utilising
land spaces allocated for the industries, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 20/05/2020) [Such initiative is overdue for decades!]
Returnee
Migrant Youths Can Play Productive Role, by
Dibyeswar Prasad Shrestha (rn 18/05/2020)
Impact
of COVID-19 on Nepal’s Remittance Economy & Foreign
Employment, by Sunil Kumar Chaudhary (kh 16/05/2020)
Seed
money for migrant workers, entrepreneurs as government
targets employment opportunities inside country: Without
hassle-free procedures for accessing the initial capital
and set criteria as per the vulnerability of migrant
workers, the scheme can not yield expected results,
experts say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/05/2020)
Returnees
in far-west find themselves facing an uncertain future:
Most migrants who returned home this year as the
Covid-19 crisis began came back empty-handed, by
D.R. Pant and Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 12/05/2020)
Motion
tabled in Parliament to repatriate Nepali migrant
workers: The motion of public importance tabled by
Nepali Congress lawmaker Gagan Thapa recommends that the
government initiate rescue and repatriation of Nepalis
from Covid-19 hit countries based on their status of
vulnerability, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
12/05/2020)
Thousands
of Nepali migrant workers from Persian Gulf and Malaysia
expected to return home soon: A study by the Foreign
Employment Board has estimated that at least 127,000
migrants will return home immediately once travel
restrictions are lifted, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/05/2020)
Create
employment opportunities for workers affected due to
Covid-19 through new budget, say experts: As workers at
home struggle without jobs and tens of thousands of
migrant workers are likely to return home, experts
suggest the government should be ready to provide jobs
through the upcoming budget, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 02/05/2020), On
International Labour Day, workers remain under lockdown
racked with uncertainty caused by Covid-19 pandemic:
Labour right activists say the government has failed to
assure worker’ safety and employment even if they have
been languishing at home and abroad for a long time now,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/05/2020), Budget
planning: The government must buck its own trend of
non-performance to ensure employment to Nepalis (kp
04/05/2020)
For
undocumented Nepali migrants in Turkey, no jobs, no food
and no health insurance: Thousands of Nepalis in Turkey
are undocumented, which means they have no access to
relief or health insurance to get tested for Covid-19,
by Elisha Shrestha (kp 01/05/2020)
Give
jobs to returnee migrants: House panel (ht
30/04/2020)
Prime
Minister’s Employment Programme may not provide expected
relief to migrant workers affected by Covid-19, analysts
say: The government had pinned its hopes on the scheme
to provide jobs to thousands of people, but the
programme’s track record gives little to cheer about,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/04/2020)
TGAN
welcomes decision to provide alternative jobs (ht
26/04/2020)
Govt
to set up National Employment Authority (ht
25/04/2020)
Govt
to bring self-employment programs worth over Rs 10 bln
(kh 25/04/2020)
Preparing
for Nepal’s returnees: Planning repatriation of Nepali
workers abroad has to go hand in hand with providing for
them where they are, by Upasana Khadka (nt
24/02/2020)
With
hundreds of thousands of migrants predicted to return
home, Nepal needs to brace for a crisis: Hundreds of
thousands of Nepalis who work abroad are likely to lose
their jobs in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic,
and they will come home looking for employment, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha and Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
22/04/2020) [The leading
politicians in government and parties are only
interested in power struggles! They do not understand
their main tasks in the interest of the state and the
people! PM Oli's recent actions are the best example!]
An
unequal world for migrant workers: What migrants need
most is comprehensive social protection which will
strengthen their capacity to cope, by Kripa Basnyat
(kp 21/04/2020)
Bodies
of dozens of Nepali migrant workers await repatriation
as international flights are shut down due to pandemic:
Repatriation process of over seventy bodies have been
put on hold for weeks now, a Foreign Employment Board
official says, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/04/2020)
“We
don’t want to die in this desert”: Nepali workers in the
UAE plead to be brought home: Dozens of Nepalis have
already been forced to live on the streets with no
shelter and nothing to eat after quitting their jobs,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/04/2020)
Government
to compensate families of migrant workers who die of
Covid-19: The kin of every migrant worker who dies
abroad get Rs 700,000, authorities clarify, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/04/2020)
Labor
migration post-COVID-19: This trying time can be an
opportunity for Nepal to convert its remittance based
economy into a more sustainable, eco-friendly and
home-grown economy, by Prakash Bhattarai and
Rajendra Senchurey (rep 12/04/2020)
Insurance
Board revises premiums for migrant workers: Migrant
workers will have to spend less on premiums and they can
pay from abroad through online payment gateways, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/04/2020)
Contentious
provision of foreign employment law to be amended citing
Covid-19 pandemic: After the amendment is passed,
recruiting agencies that had to send a minimum of 100
workers abroad in a year, won’t have to do so, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/04/2020)
Migrant
workers must not be left behind: Migrant workers have
contributed to keeping the economy afloat. Now it's time
for the government to do its part, by Babu Ram Pant
(kp 04/04/2020)
Repatriation
of bodies of Nepali migrant workers who died abroad also
affected due to Covid-19: Amid international travel
restrictions and lockdowns, officials tell Nepali
missions abroad to hold applications until further
notice, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/03/2020)
Kuwait
allows migrant workers on leave to file visa renewal
application online: Nearly 400 Nepalis on holiday at
home wait to return to work, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 27/03/2020)
Nepalis
in Qatar live in overcrowded and squalid conditions even
during pandemic: In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak,
Qatar imposed a harsh lockdown on camps where migrant
workers live in close quarters with inadequate amenities,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/03/2020)
No
concrete steps yet to help migrant workers (ht
25/03/2020)
Covid-19
pandemic likely to devastate country’s labour sector as
ILO projects 25 million job losses globally: While
labour migration has come to a complete halt, more job
cuts are expected in the domestic labour market as well,
labour experts say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
21/03/2020)
As
Malaysia enforces complete lockdown, Nepali workers
struggle with reduced working hours: Nearly 500,000
Nepalis have been living in Malaysia, which remains the
most affected country in South East Asia from the
Covid-19 outbreak, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/03/2020)
Demand
verification of workers halted: NAC, Himalaya Airlines
suspend flights to Kuala Lumpur (ht 18/03/2020)
Nepali
missions in Gulf stop approving workers’ documents:
Foreign employment department says no such decision has
been taken by the government, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 17/03/2020)
Crossborder
virus and Nepali migrant workers: The COVID-19 epidemic
has hit countries where millions of Nepalis work, by
Upasana Khadka (nt 13/03/2020)
Give
them work: The unemployment problem is an outcome of the
government’s inaction for decades to develop the
productive sectors (ht 11/03/2020)
Thousands
of Nepali workers affected as Qatar imposes temporary
entry ban amidst Covid-19 outbreak: Nearly 40,000
workers with valid work permits are now unable to fly to
Qatar, placing them at risk of being blacklisted, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 09/03/2020), Government
temporarily halts issuing labour permits to Qatar
(ht 11/03/2020)
As
Covid-19 spreads to Malaysia and the Persian Gulf
countries, uncertainty looms over Nepal’s labour
migration: Labour migration to South Korea has been
temporarily halted but no decision has yet been made
regarding Malaysia and Gulf countries with rising
Covid-19 cases, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
07/03/2020)
Hundreds
of young, healthy Nepalis die sudden deaths in foreign
lands. No one knows what’s killing them: Otherwise
healthy men in the prime of life suffering cardiac
arrests do not constitute ‘natural deaths’, say rights
activists, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/02/2020)
New
statistics show 1.33 million people ‘unemployed’ in
country, by Umesh Poudel (ht 29/02/2020)
Nepali
workers won’t be going to South Korea for now: It’s been
over a week since a batch of labourers went to the east
Asian country, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
27/02/2020)
21
Nepali workers lying in coma abroad (ht 19/02/2020)
Govt
provides Rs 2bn for PMEP (ht 17/02/2020)
623
local units get the go-ahead for implementing the Prime
Minister Employment Programme: The government has
revised guidelines to avoid misuse of state funds and
aims to provide 100-days of work for some 60,000
unemployed persons this fiscal year, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 15/02/2020)
Karnali
Province to launch Chief Minister’s Employment
Programme: The government has allocated Rs 900 million
for the programme in the running fiscal year, by
Jyoti Katuwal (kp 12/02/2020)
Scrapping
of sub-agents from foreign employment leads to drop in
fraudulent cases: The Foreign Employment Department has
recorded less number of individual cases, but they still
continue to operate through indirect channels, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/02/2020)
Raw
deal for migrant workers: The government must ensure the
rights of out-migrants (kp 04/02/2020)
Nepali
workers who had returned empty-handed from Qatar three
years ago are set to get their due salaries: The workers
employed by Mercury MENA, a company building stadium for
FIFA 2022 World Cup, were forced to return without their
wages after the firm ran into a financial crisis, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 03/02/2020)
Easy
loans in Province 2 for labour migrants could encourage
youths to leave country, experts say: Workers will get
up to Rs150,000 at lower interest rates for funding
their departures, but experts fear easily available
funds will make migration first choice, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 02/02/2020)
Nepal
starts maintaining data on returning migrant workers:
The new method of maintaining data is expected to help
eliminate foreign employment-related malpractices and
assist in the formulation of labour migration- related
policies, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 31/01/2020)
Online
payment gateways available for migrant workers: The new
agreement between the Foreign Employment Department and
online payment gateways makes it easier for migrant
workers to pay for insurance, welfare fund and also for
the re-entry work permits from labour destination
countries in the near future, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 27/01/2020)
Prime
Minister Employment Program: KMC spent only Rs 2.5m last
fiscal year, by Sujita Pradhan (rep 27/01/2020)
Government
will provide compensation to 315 families of migrant
workers who died in Nepal: The latest changes in law
have made it possible for families to avail the
compensation, even if migrant workers died in Nepal,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/01/2020)
Experts
urge priority for safe migration objectives: Nepal is a
signatory to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and
Regular Migration for the protection of migrants by
formulating required policies, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 24/01/2020)
Frequent
server shutdown at DoFE creates hassles for foreign
migrants (ht 20/01/2020)
New
rules prioritise work for unemployed in construction
projects (ht 19/01/2020)
orkers
from 87 countries employed in Nepal (ht 18/01/2020)
80%
of verdicts in work abroad scams go unimplemented:
Complex nexus of manpower agencies and feckless
government bodies result in insurmountable suffering for
victims, by Bhasha Sharma (rep 05/01/2020)
For
Nepali women seeking work in the Gulf, new routes and
old risks: Despite restrictions from traveling to the
Gulf countries, desperate Nepali women are falling into
traps of trafficking agents who are exploiting new
routes to take them out of the country, by Parbat
Portel (kp 04/01/2020)
Migrant
workers can now seek and apply for foreign jobs online:
A new module introduced by the government for the
selection of migrant workers now allows them to apply
for jobs online without having to approach sub-agents or
recruitment agencies, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(02/01/2020), New
DoFE website makes seeking overseas jobs easier (ht
02/01/2020)
Labour
market reforms: Policy and legal measures introduced to
improve workers’ conditions at home and abroad have
failed to live up to their promise, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 31/12/2019)
Free
vocational training for youths: Foreign Employment Board
misses training targets, by Sujita Pradhan (rep
30/12/2019)
Government
makes operational changes in employment drive to make it
more effective: With the available budget of Rs5
billion, the government aims to provide 100 days of work
to at least 60,000 citizens this year under the
programme which has met with criticism for squandering
state funds, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/12/2019)
Recruiting
agencies charging up to Rs500,000 for security guard
jobs once again exposes exploitation of workers: Despite
labour pacts with various labour countries for zero cost
jobs, not much has changed on the ground, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 26/12/2019)
Insurance
firms overcharge migrant workers over premium duration:
Poor services, overcharging and limited options show
insurance companies discriminate against Nepali migrant
workers, the foreign employment department says, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/12/2019)
Re-entry
work permit from abroad uncertain in ‘lack of
insurance’: No respite for migrant workers from visiting
Kathmandu to acquire work permit, by Rudra Khadka
(rep 22/12/2019)
For
Nepal’s migrant workers, good news in small bites: On
International Migrants Day, time to reflect on the gains
and challenges ahead, by Upasana Khadka (nt
20/12/2019)
Nepali
migrant workers continue to remain exploited and
ill-informed about their jobs: In a random survey at
Kathmandu airport, National Human Rights Commission
finds migrant workers are still paying hefty fees for
overseas jobs, and remain ill-informed about working
conditions, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/12/2019)
Migrants’
health: More efforts are needed for effective
implementation of evidence-informed interventions to
improve the health and well-being of both migrants and
communities affected by migration, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (rep 18/12/2019)
Scores
of Nepali migrant workers go missing every year in
foreign lands: Most missing persons are either in jail
and cannot contact their families or have chosen to
voluntarily break contact after starting new families,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/12/2019)
Concerns
over high cost of hiring Nepalis could hamper labour
migration to Malaysia: With employers exploring more
source countries, there could be a drop in migration of
Nepali workers to the Southeast Asian nation, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 15/12/2019)
No
Nepali job-seeker to go to Japan next year (ht
12/12/2019)
Despite
cost-free jobs deal with Malaysia, Nepali migrant
workers are still paying hefty fees: Desperate to get
jobs, aspirant workers say they are not in a position to
complain against recruiting agencies, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 10/12/2019)
Department
of Foreign Employment seeks support of other government
agencies for overseas job frauds: The department seeks
collaboration with Nepal Police and Department of
Immigration for controlling malpractices in foreign
employment sector., by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/12/2019)
A
year after Qatar’s offer of zero cost jobs to Nepalis,
there is no substantial progress: Despite a series of
negotiations and start of Qatari visa centre in
Kathmandu, officials say they are yet to hear back from
the Arab nation, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
08/12/2019)
Criteria
for employment coordinator fixed (ht 08/12/2019)
Low
worker demand from Malaysia (rep 04/12/2019)
Government
to offer free skill tests for returning migrant workers:
The move will help workers who scramble for jobs when
they return home, officials say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 03/12/2019)
Nepal’s
labour migration policy: by men, for men: Years of
protectionist mindset towards women migrant labourers
has only made them more vulnerable to seeking dangerous
routes for work abroad, while risking trafficking and
exploitation, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 01/12/2019)
Revision
in policy makes it easier for returnee migrant workers
to access soft loan: The government has removed the
limit of three years after returning from foreign
employment and the need to produce a skill certificate,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/11/2019)
In
defense of Nepali migrant workers: Nepalis are forced to
work abroad and the government should do everything to
ease their burden (kp 26/11/2019)
Foreign
employment department swings into action against fraud
cases: The regulator has collected more than Rs 45
million in six months from recruiting agencies to
compensate migrant workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 25/11/2019)
Airline
companies send back migrant workers from airport without
any ‘valid reasons’: As incidents of workers being
deprived of flying by airline companies become frequent,
the foreign employment department writes to Ministry of
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 24/11/2019)
Govt
to conduct skill-based training for migrant workers
(ht 24/11/2019)
Rights
Of Migrant Workers, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
22/11/2019)
Jordan’s
garment sector remains barred for Nepali workers over
low wage issue: The government has stopped approving
labour demand letters since 2018, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 18/11/2019)
Women
go abroad for work and return duped and abused: There is
no data on women who go abroad for employment, but the
trend is on the rise in Rupandehi, according to an
association of women migrants, by Amrita Anmol (kp
17/11/2019)
NHRC
international conference concludes (ht 15/11/2019)
Government
starts issuing e-stickers to migrant workers (ht
14/11/2019)
Nepal
vows to advocate rights of migrant workers at int’l meet
(ht 13/11/2019)
Workers
fear new rule for Nepali migrants could lead to a loss
of jobs: Workers now need to produce evidence of skills
and the jobs they are currently doing in order to
receive a labour re-entry permit, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 11/11/2019)
Malaysia
job aspirants are lining up for pre-departure services
without pre-work approval: Only 5,000 preliminary labour
permits have been approved but more than 100,000 workers
have already paid for medical tests and obtained
security clearance, officials say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 09/11/2019)
Experts
question decision to accept Rs13 billion loan for Prime
Minister’s Employment Programme: The programme was
criticised last year for shoddy implementation and the
lack of oversight, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/11/2019)
Migrant
worker finds farming in Nepal more rewarding: Bishnu
Bhujel has returned home to farm and rescue his family
from bankruptcy, by Naresh Newar (nt 08/11/2019)
Immigration
staffers sending women workers to restricted countries
(ht 01/11/2019)
Recruitment
agency with scrapped licence found still operating:
Department of Foreign Employment intensifies monitoring
after an agency was found holding hundreds of passports
and money of aspirant migrant workers even after it had
been barred from operating, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 25/10/2019)
Foreign
Employment Board to impart skill training for free to
the unemployed, unskilled and aspirant migrant workers:
19 different skills identified for free skill training,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/10/2019)
Nepali
migrant workers returning home from labour destination
countries without wages: Sluggish investigation by the
government agencies is derailing their access to justice
and payment of salary arrears, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 13/10/2019)
Work
stress, loneliness and culture shock are leading Nepalis
to commit suicide in South Korea; Over thirty percent of
deaths between 2009 to 2018 among Nepalis in South Korea
were suicides, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
11/10/2019)
This
fiscal year, Nepalis are already dying in foreign lands
at a rate of two every day: In the last two months, 124
Nepali workers have died in foreign labour destinations,
primarily Malaysia and the Gulf countries, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/10/2019)
Families
of migrant workers who died abroad can receive financial
support at local level: The latest move will save time
and money for hundreds of aggrieved families who had to
travel to Kathmandu from various parts of the country
for claiming their compensation amount, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 03/10/2019)
Health
Ministry prepares a proposal to send health attachés to
South Korea, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia: The proposal
aims to reduce the death rate of Nepali migrant workers,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 24/09/2019)
Migrant
workers returning home without salary and justice from
Qatar: Amnesty International: Workers’ exploitation
continues despite Qatar’s promise to improve the foreign
labour force’s condition, says the latest report, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/09/2019) [see AI
report of 19/09/2019]
Government
formally resumes labour migration to Malaysia after
nearly 16 months: Workers will reach Malaysia as per the
new labour deal that requires employers to bear all the
expenses, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/09/2019)
Expanding
job opportunities for all: Remittances have contributed
on average a quarter of the gross domestic product, but
Nepal needs a homegrown supply of meaningful and
productive jobs, by Faris H. Hadad-Zervos (kp
10/09/2019)
Hike
in guarantee amount for recruiting agencies unlikely to
eliminate malpractices, experts say: The state had hoped
that by increasing the guarantee amount it would bring
down the number of agencies, hence lowering incidences
of workers being cheated, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 07/09/2019)
Govt
scraps licence of 303 manpower firms (ht 05/09/2019)
Gokarna
Bista: Foreign employment is not our main agenda, job
creation inside the country is: Bista faces a herculean
task of creating new jobs and reversing an exodus of
migrant workers within the next five years,
interview with Minister for Labour (kp 03/09/2019)
Migrant
workers now require bank accounts to receive work
permits: Government’s move to make it mandatory for all
aspiring workers to have a bank account, however, hit a
snag on the first day, as almost nobody knew about the
new rule, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 03/09/2019), Bank
account is now mandatory to acquire work permit (rep
03/09/2019), DoFE
extends bank account deadline for migrants (ht
04/09/2019)
226
manpower agencies apply for merger process (ht
02/09/2019)
Hundreds
of migrant workers, including from Nepal, on strike
after Qatari employer refuses to issue them ID cards:
Nepali workers say they are afraid to go out, fearing
arrest and immediate deportation, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 29/08/2019)
New
provision allows migrant workers to obtain re-entry
labour permits in destination countries: The move will
give respite to thousands of Nepalis who otherwise had
to come to Nepal for getting the permits, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 25/08/2019)
New
provision to allow Nepali domestic help in Gulf to
return home during break: Nepali workers will be
provided with re-entry labour permit to rejoin their job
in destination countries, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 23/08/2019)
Return
migration: Build nation, and they will come; An
effective way to influence the return of productive
Nepalis living abroad would be to make a strong domestic
push for government accountability in areas of
infrastructure development, social justice and rule of
law, by Keshar M. Ghimire (ht 20/08/2019)
Permanent
account number rule to come into force despite calls for
deferral: The private sector said implementation should
be postponed because of practical difficulties, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 19/08/2019)
As
opportunities for Nepali workers dry up in popular
labour destinations, migration numbers dwindle:
According to government statistics, for the past two
consecutive years, less and less Nepali workers are
applying for jobs in Gulf countries and Malaysia, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/08/2019)
Errant
manpower firms under govt scanner (ht 11/08/2019)
Nepal
explores labour market in Europe for Nepali immigrant
workers: The Labour Ministry is holding consultations
with the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary
Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to draft a
labour agreement with Turkey, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 08/08/2019)
Lack
of clarity over ban on Malaysia leads to confusion among
aspiring migrants: The government never formally
announced a prohibition of migrating to Malaysia for
work, foreign employment agencies say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/08/2019)
Nepali
women duped in China have returned home, but their
ordeal is not over yet: Most of them have filed
complaints at the foreign employment department
demanding compensation, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/08/2019)
Government
says Prime Minister Employment Programme created over
2.2 million days of work for over 175,000 people:
Minister Gokarna Bista calls the achievement historic,
but there are concerns whether such cash distributive
schemes will help the country—and the people—in the long
run, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/08/2019)
His
last journey home to Nepal: Bishnu KC from Piuthan
becomes a mere statistic in the grim saga of migrant
labour, by Shankar Dahal (nt 02/08/2019), The
heat is killing us, by Sonia Awale (nt 02/08/2019)
With
no jobs at home, hundreds of Nepalis travel to India to
pick apples every year: Although migrant workers include
people of all ages, it is mostly the unemployed youth
that leave for work in Shimla, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp
01/08/2019)
Migration
from facts: Importance of work-related outmigration and
remittances for Nepali economy warrants setting up a
credible, frequently updated database on the stock of
migrants by destination, by Paras Kharel (rep
31/07/2019)
Insecure
foreign job: The govt must take legal action against the
manpower agency that duped the Nepali women who suffered
in the foreign land (ht 30/07/2019)
Developing
migration diplomacy: Nepal should develop a migration
diplomacy to safeguard rights and welfare of migrant
workers, while maintaining long-term economic interests
in the Gulf countries and beyond, by Froilan Malit
Jr and Anurag Devkota (rep 30/07/2019)
After
Gulf and Malaysia, Nepal reaches out to Europe to send
its workers thereLabour Ministry is approaching European
countries like Germany, Portugal, Poland, and Turkey as
its new labour destinations, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 28/07/2019)
Expats
taking work permit fell 30 pc last fiscal (ht
27/07/2019)
Women
workers in construction sector continue to experience
exploitation on several fronts: The workers are formally
organising against unequal pay, workplace safety, and
workplace harassment, and this is helping them protect
their rights, recent study concludes, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal(kp 26/07/2019)
Govt
to form talks team for youth employment fund (ht
26/07/2019)
Compensation
distributed to families of affected migrant workers
(rep 25/07/2019)
Managing
migration: Nepal needs effective labor sector reforms
based on tripartite social dialogues, involving the
government, employers and workers, by Deepak Dhital
(rep 23/07/2019)
Outflow
of migrants drops by 17pc: Govt, recruiters say
‘Malaysia factor’ led to the drop (ht 22/07/2019)
Govt
told to ensure safe migration, protect rights of women
migrants (ht 20/07/2019)
Women
construction workers: Organising for change: More and
more women construction workers are joining unions as
they help with claiming compensation; Women still earn
almost 30 percent less than men for the same work,
by Feyzi Ismail (kp 17/07/2019)
NHRC
for lifting travel ban on female migrant workers
(rep 17/07/2019)
Climate
of death: Nepali migrant workers who work in the open
field of hot desert like climate in the Gulf are among
the most affected by climate change. Climate change acts
like a double-edged sword for them, by Ngamindra
Dahal and Bhagirath Yogi (rep 15/07/2019)
Remittance
is great, but what of the workers suffering abroad?
National politics play a factor in youth seeking
employment abroad, by Prabha Poudyal (kp 14/07/2019)
Trapped
abroad: Cases of Nepali migrant workers stuck in
exploitative jobs should be handled quickly and
effectively (kp 12/07/2019)
Workers
denied timely wages under prime minister’s job
programme: Dissatisfied workers warn that they will
launch protests if they are not paid by Tuesday,
by Nirmala Khadayat (kp 09/07/2019)
Majority
of people enrolled under PM’s Employment Programme
dissatisfied in Sudurpaschim: The programme has come
under fire for its ineffective implementation plans
(kp 02/07/2019)
Costs
of migration: For our temptation for career and
financial gain abroad, are we not ruining the quality of
life of our parents?, by Sindhu Gyawali (rep
30/06/2019)
Labour
migration: Let’s manage and regulate it, by Pragya
Panta (ht 28/06/2019)
PMEP
bending rules to spend budget, by Umesh Poudel (ht
27/06/2019), A
failed scheme: PMEP has failed to create jobs for the
unemployed people at the grassroots level due to poor
planning and lack of nationwide database of the target
groups (ht 28/06/2019)
Health
insurance mandatory for migrant workers (ht
26/06/2019)
Families
of 104 migrant workers who died during leave to get
compensation: Foreign Employment Board forms task force
to repatriate 28 paralysed and comatose Nepalis,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/06/2019)
A
vision for vocations: Visionary Nepali sets up a
training centre offering Nepal’s earthquake-affected an
alternative to migration, by Monika Deupala (nt
14/06/2019)
Out-migration
and labour market distortions, by Narayan Manandhar
(kp 13/06/2019)
Unemployment
details collection in Karnali sees delays, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya and DB Budha (kp 12/06/2019)
Nepal
to sign labour pacts with Mauritius, UAE (ht
10/06/2019)
With
heart complications the leading cause of death among
Nepali migrants, doctors recommend blood pressure
screenings before departureIn the last nine years, over
1,500 Nepali migrant workers have died due to
cardiovascular reasons. But the focus remains on
tuberculosis, doctors say, by Arjun Poudel (kp
06/06/2019)
No
sustenance allowance for unemployed this year, by
Nikeeta Gautam (rep 27/05/2019)
Government
awaits committee report to address agitated recruiting
agencies’ demands: Recruiting agencies’ main demand is
interest on the cash they deposit as part of the
increased guarantee amount, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 26/05/2019)
Employment
scheme aims to provide work to over 100k unemployed: The
Prime Minister Employment Programme will only provide 30
days of work this year against the pledged minimum 100
days in a year, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
25/05/2019)
ILO
calls for investment in people’s capabilities (rep
21/05/2019)
Revamp
Foreign Job Market, by Kamal Parajuli (rn
20/05/2019)
Recruiting
agencies threaten tosuspend operations for a week,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/05/2019)
Nepali
women abroad: Effective policies should be created to
make life easier for women migrant workers, by
Prabha Poudel (kp 19/05/2019)
State
aims to provide minimum 30 days of work to the
unemployed this fiscal year: The employment programme
was launched with the aim of providing jobless
people 100 days of work in a fiscal year, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/05/2019)
Two
years on, Nepali women still barred from working in the
Gulf as housemaids: Latest recommendations urge the
government to revoke discriminatory restrictions and
allow all women equal access to employment, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/05/2019)
After
labour deal, Japanese employers are coming forward to
hire Nepali workers: The Nepali side is awaiting
language and skill test mechanisms for implementing the
agreement reached two months ago, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 12/05/2019)
Recruiting
agencies want interest on their cash deposit: Recruiting
agencies threaten to return operation licences to the
government, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/05/2019)
[This sounds reasonable!]
Outward
bound (nt 10/05/2019)
Basic
minimum wage eludes Nepali migrant workers, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 09/05/2019), Ensure
basic wages: Nepal govt must start fresh talks with
labour-receiving countries to guarantee basic wages to
Nepali migrant workers (ht 10/05/2019)
Kailali
youths throng local units to register for job scheme:
More than 14,000 people have submitted their
applications, by Nirmala Khadayat (kp 08/05/2019)
Government
plans
to create 500k jobs in a year. Experts say it’s a
daunting task: They stress clear policies and plans
rather than ambitious projects, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 06/05/2019), Employment
woes: Government plan of finding employment for 500,000
seems far-fetched (kp 09/05/2019)
Migration
for development: Advance policy, institutional coherence,
by Jhabindra Bhandari (ht 06/05/2019)
Worker
outsourcing
companies not too keen to obtain licence: Labour Act
makes it mandatory for worker supplying agencies to
acquire permits for operation, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 03/05/2019)
Labour
pains: Labour laws have guaranteed rights but employment
creation will still be key (kp 01/05/2019)
Nepal’s
unemployment rate estimated at 11.4 percent, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 27/04/2019), Unemployment
rate stands at 11.4 pcCBS survey reveals 908,000 working
age people jobless in the country (ht 27/04/2019)
Nepal
and
UAE agree on zero investment jobs for Nepali workers:
The latest labour agreement frees Nepali workers from
any fees or cost while going to the Gulf country for
employment, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/04/2019)
DoFE
receives
fewer number of complaints: What needs to be taken into
account is number of foreign job-seekers has also gone
down, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 24/04/2019)
Government
extends
registration deadline for employment scheme: A minimum
100-day job guarantee programme has received mixed
reactions, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/04/2019)
Inspection
of
facilities begins for medical tests of migrant workers:
A total of 126 new medical facilities have applied for
the health examination licence, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 22/04/2019)
Nepali
workers
in Qatar struggle for jobs after being duped with
lucrative pay and free visa promises: Agents, recruiting
agencies, and employers lure workers promising the
freedom of working with companies of their choice,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/04/2019)
Implementation
of
‘free visa, free ticket’ scheme has been largely
ineffective: New report says concerned authorities
failed to monitor, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
15/04/2019)
Migration
tale:
Nepal needs to invest in models that encourage the
return of out-migrants, so that their skills may be
utilised at home, by Anita Poudel (kp 12/04/2019)
Migrants
can now lodge complaints from abroad (ht 02/04/2019)
Brighter
side of foreign employment: Skills learned abroad giving
good returns at home, by Bhim Chapagain (rep
01/04/2019)
Local
units
start gathering data for Prime Minister job programme:
Under the scheme, unemployed citizens of working age
between 18 and 59 years can benefit, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 01/04/2019)
A
job to be done: Remittance is a short-term fix, we need
to create work here (kp 27/03/2019)
Recruiting
agencies must send workers within 90 days of getting
labour permit, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
24/03/2019)
They
have
a degree, but have no job: Students of medical
microbiology from Tribhuvan University Institute of
Science and Technology are not licensed to work, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 18/03/2019)
The
forgotten half: Nobody ever talks about the need to
protect the rights of labour migrants to India, by
Sudeshna Thapa (kp 18/03/2019)
Don’t
forget their rights: The proposed labour pact with Japan
is a chance to enhance migration governance, by Nava
Raj Sapkota (kp 15/03/2019)
Foreign
workers for various projects await labour permits: Over
400 workers denied permits as employers fail to limit
workforce, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/03/2019)
Still
work
to be done: The Prime Minister Employment Programme is
welcome, but implementation and monitoring mechanism
will be key, by Kushal Pokharel (kp 05/03/2019)
Removing
poverty with jobs: Domestic employment and income
generation are the key to prosperity, by David
Seddon (nt 22/02/2019)
A Welcome Initiative on Employment, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 21/02/2019)
Professional
network seeks to help women find jobs (kp
21/02/2019)
Recruiting
agencies oppose decision to hike guarantee amount:
Experts say move will help manage foreign employment,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/02/2019)
Scheme
to
ensure at least 100 days of jobs for unemployed on
cards: Programme is part of a larger plan to create
100,000 jobs annually, officials say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 12/02/2019), Government
launching Prime Minister Employment Program on Wednesday
(rep 12/02/2019), Watch
out (kp 14/02/2019), Govt’s
ambitious minimum employment scheme kicks in: Finance
minister for tapping private sector also (rep
14/02/2019), Challenging
task:
In case of failure, the govt could land up simply doling
out unemployment benefits to the unemployed for lack of
work (ht 15/02/2019), Employment
for
all? Initiatives like Prime Minister Employment Program
do not necessarily enhance long-term employability.
Focus should be on training and workforce development,
by Abyaya Neopane (rep 18/02/2019)
Opening
manpower agencies to cost a fortune, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 12/02/2019)
Unemployed
to get Rs 22,417 per annum (ht 12/02/2019)
Government,
recruiting
agencies differ on possible modality for labour
migration to Japan: Recruiting agencies claim hiring of
workers will take place via private agencies only;
ministry says no decision taken yet, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 10/02/2019)
In
need of more protection: The Occupational Safety and
Health for migrant workers is in a sorry state,
by Sudeshna Thapa (kp 06/02/2019)
Promoting
migrant health: A worldwide exodus is on, and these
people must have easy access to health services, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (kp 01/02/2019)
House
panel delays re-entry permit for migrant workers (ht
23/01/2019)
Migrants
will now be allowed to carry only $200: NRB (ht
23/01/2019) [??? The migrans are
punished for failed economic politics of government and
administration!], NRB
lowers forex limit for foreign-bound workers to $200
(rep 23/01/2019)
Challenges
of Foreign Employment, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
18/01/2019)
Locked
up abroad: A mechanism needs to be created to protect
the legal aid rights of migrant workers, by Anurag
Devkota (kp 17/01/2019)
Labour
departures for Japan possible by April this year, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/01/2019)
Gandaki
Province issues re-entry labour permits from today: The
number of provinces that now issue the permit add up to
be three, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/01/2019)
Study
explores plight of Nepali female migrant workers in Gulf
countries (ht 06/01/2019)
‘Enforce
free-visa,
free-ticket scheme’: Migrant workers continue to pay
hefty sum despite policy being implemented years ago;
The Supreme Court has issued a directive to the
government to effectively implement the scheme to
reprieve workers from massive financial burden, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (rep 04/01/2019)
Roll
out free visa, ticket scheme: SC (ht 03/01/2019)
Migration
as Path to Progress, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
01/01/2019)
Two
provinces to issue re-entry labour permits from today,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/12/2018)
Nepal,
Inc
in 2019: Outmigration will only stop if the government
starts behaving less like a tax collector, and more as
an investor, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 28/12/2018)
Govt
starts process of sending workers to Japan from April
(ht 22/12/2018)
The
toilers are gone: Nepal should consider building
programmes to support the capacities of migrant families,
by Sameer Karki (kp 21/12/2018)
On
the move: Migration, due to a lack of jobs or better pay
abroad, is regarded as inevitable today, by Paul I.
Norton (kp 18/12/2018)
Women
labour migration: Causes and consequences, by Jaya
Shor Chapagain (ht 18/12/2018)
Ready
to
work: There seems to be a huge gap between what the
industry is looking for and what the colleges and
universities are producing, by Nirmal Thapa (rep
18/12/2018)
Government
fails to stop Nepali women workers travelling to Middle
East (kp 17/12/2018)
Nepal
blacklists 65 foreign employers: Companies from
Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE banned, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/12/2018)
Changing
the
headlines on migration: By signing the Global Compact on
Migration in Marrakesh this week, Nepal commits to move
beyond rhetoric to action, by Upasana Khadka (nt
14/12/2018)
Experts
seek gender-responsive policies for safe migration of
women (rep 13/12/2018)
One
Nepali
guest worker dies every day in Malaysia: Nepal Embassy
data shows suicides and diseases are the leading causes
of deaths of Nepalis in Malaysia (kp 12/12/2018)
Govt
plans to ensure safer migration system (ht
11/12/2018)
Undocumented—not
illegal: Labour protections must include undocumented
migrants, by Anurag Devkota (kp 04/12/2018)
Chasing
Nepali
Dream: Why are 1500 plus Nepali youths leaving the
country every day? Are they being forced to relinquish
Nepali Dream for survival?, by Mukesh Baral (rep
01/12/2018)
Labour
offices to provide work permit from all provinces,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/11/2018)
Government
bid to use migrant workers’ skills, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 25/11/2018)
Calls
for ethical recruitment practices to protect workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/11/2018)
Fifth
Colombo
Process meet kicks off in Kathmandu: Ministers and
officials from 12 labour source countries discuss
migrant workers safety, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
16/11/2018), Labour
pain, by Om Astha Rai (nt 16/11/2018), Leaders
vow zero cost jobs for migrant workers, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 17/11/2018), Global
consensus on employers bearing migrant hiring costs,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/11/2017)
Paying
an arm and a leg: Nepali migrant workers are becoming
disabled to enable the economy, by Om Astha Rai (nt
16/11/2018), Success
in Nepal means not having to work: Nepalis work hardest
when they are outside Nepal, by Anil Chitrakar (nt
16/11/2018)
A
deadly decade for migrant workers: In a period the
nation made Rs. 4.48 trillion in remittances, more than
6,700 lives were lost, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
05/11/2018)
Report
exposes
irregularities in self-employment programme:
Cooperatives lent money even to poultry firms, fancy
shops, furniture traders, hoteliers and bullion traders,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/11/2018)
Migrants
can soon avail re-entry permit online (ht
25/10/2018)
Migrant
returnees rue lack of environment in Nepal to utilize
skills, capital (rep 16/10/2018)
Ensuring
migrant workers’ safety: Government urged to implement
rights body’s recommendations (kp 08/10/2018)
Old
statute, new problems: New legislation should be passed
to address the plight of migrant workers at home, by
Anurag Devkota (kp 03/10/2018)
Youth
leaders applaud Prime Minister Employment Programme,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/10/2018)
Sorrows
of
Nepali migrant workers: Unless Nepali missions abroad
are solely authorized to attest employer institutions’
demand letters migration won’t be safe and rewarding,
by Surya Nath Mishra (rep 23/09/2018)
Pushing
women
away: It is very difficult for women to access
information on safe migration. Many do not realize the
implications of being flown via India or Nepal, by
Ayushma Basnyat (rep 22/09/2018)
Foreign
jobs data system and phone app launched (kp
11/09/2018)
Rethinking
foreign
employment: It’s proved that remittance-led development
is susceptible to the variables beyond the control of
labor-sending countries, by Bishal Bhattarai (rep
11/09/2018)
Recruiting
agency
‘should issue receipt to retain worker’s passport':
Department of Foreign Employment instructs recruiting
agencies to appoint staff to deal with workers’ concerns
(kp 09/09/2018)
Bista
vows decent jobs for all Nepalis (kp 04/08/2018)
Orientation
syllabus for foreign migrant labourers to be revised,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 03/09/2018)
Nepali
workers prefer Qatar and Malaysia, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 28/08/2018)
Stranded
Nepali workers could rejoin jobs in Saudi (kp
27/08/2018)
Comprehensive
Job Portal App launched (rep 27/08/2018)
Bista
moots
employment board name change to spur local jobs;
Committee members raise their concerns about the
migration of Nepali girls and women to war-torn
countries via India (kp 24/08/2018)
New
bill seeks to guarantee employment (ht 24/08/2018),
Jobless
citizens to get sustenance allowance (kp 24/08/2018)
Nepal
receiving two dead migrant workers every day for past
seven years: Report, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
24/08/2018)
Foreign
employment: Good for some, bad for others, by Sarita
Shrestha (rep 21/08/2018)
The
promised land: Nepal must ensure that migrant workers
are not exploited, here and abroad (kp 20/08/2018) [No, Nepal must provide jobs at home!]
Fellow
Nepalis,
return home: The exodus of youths is giving our
political leadership the license to do nothing and feast
on remittance, be unaccountable and deepen the political
crisis further, by Devendra Gautam (rep 19/08/2018)
Workers
await Nepal-Qatar pact for safe, lucrative job, by
Chandra Kumar Mandal and Prakash Chandra Timilsena (kp
18/08/2018)
Migrant
Workers’ Agony, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (kp
17/08/2018)
New
labour markets: Focus on six Euro nations, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/08/2018)
Government
mulls social security scheme for migrant Nepali workers,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 16/08/2018)
Exporting
labour: No country can achieve prosperity and happiness
by exporting the youth — the engine of growth (ht
16/08/2018)
Government
preparing to send trained, skilled workers abroad for
jobs (ht 16/08/2018)
Nepalis
prefer to work in Malaysia—deadliest destination, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/08/2018)
Nepal
favours
government deals to protect migrant workers: Officials
hope G2G model will help stop exploitation of poor
Nepalis by recruiting firms and their agents, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/08/2018), The
masque
of anarchy: When the government takes a tough stance, as
the recent Malaysian case has shown, foreign regimes are
forced to concede to the fair treatment of Nepalis
working abroad, by Mohan Guragain (kp 11/08/2018)
Fellow
citizens abroad: The government should ensure that
Nepali migrant workers are adequately protected, by
Mohan Kafle (kp 06/08/2018)
Govt
proposes
120-day jobless allowance: Will be provided to those in
18 to 60 age group if they’re looking for job, but have
not found one, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 06/08/2018)
Recruiting
agencies panel meets ministers: NAFEA team urges PM Oli
to review plan to hike new licence fee (kp
05/06/2018)
Labour
Ministry proposes to hike employment agency fee to Rs
60m (kp 03/08/2018)
Migrant
workers
suffer as agents use fake papers: The issue of fake NOC
came to light last week when 16 Nepali women were
rescued in Delhi, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp
02/08/2018)
Foreign
employment bill: Preparation to up licensing fee draws
flak from recruiting firms (rep 01/08/2018)
Malaysia
requests Nepal to resume worker departures, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/0/7/2018)
Nepal
mulls migrant worker agreement with Mauritius; Portugal
shows interest to hire Nepali workers, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 27/07/2018)
May
18 permit cut-off for worker departures for Malaysia,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/07/2018)
Deaths
of Nepali migrant workers increases (kp 23/07/2018)
Cabinet
sets new rates for demand letter verification (kp
07/07/2018)
Workers
with Malaysian visas twiddle thumbs, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 06/07/2018)
Young
and jobless: The issue of unemployment is robbing Nepali
youth of a glorious futurem by Sapana Phuyal (kp
05/07/2018)
Overseas
ordeal: Govt aye to legal help for workers (kp
29/06/2018), Legal
aid
for falsely implicated migrants: Innocent migrant Nepali
workers languishing in jails for offences they have not
committed, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 29/06/2018)
‘Crackdown
on agencies halts migrant workers’ departure’ (kp
28/06/2018)
Youth
Outflow and Remittance, by Lal Deosa Rai (kp
25/06/2018)
Work
permit for Malaysia unlikely prior to bilateral labour
agreement, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 25/06/2018)
Skill
test must for EPS workers from 2020 (ht 25/06/2018)
Fall
in number of workers not linked to
'free-visa-free-ticket': NRB, by Sagar Ghimire (rep
13/06/2018)
Central
bank seeks changes in foreign employment services
(ht 13/06/2018)
Migration
no solution: The happiness is missing in families
although they might have become more affluent, by
Kabi Adhikari (kp 08/06/2018)
Guidelines
for rescue of critically ill migrant workers on the
cards (kp 08/06/2018)
Pre-labour
permits
for Malaysia halted: Pre-permission stopped since
Malaysian Embassy announced closure of agencies
processing visa, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/05/2018)
Labour
flight problem: Time to address it, by Vikash Raj
Satyal (ht 24/05/2018)
Migrant
hiring regulation to take time for complete enforcement
(kp 21/05/2018)
National
Prosperity Through Domestic Employment, by Lok Nath
Bhusal (rn 20/05/2018)
39
health check-up firms on strike (ht 19/05/2018)
Govt
to
scrap fees unfairly levied on Malaysia-bound Nepali
workers: Minister says government committed to
dismantling all cartels in the foreign employment sector,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/05/2018), Med
centre, VLN operators booked for overcharging
Malaysia-bound workers (kp 21/05/2018), Move
against fees hits Malaysia departures, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 22/05/2018), Embassy
closes ISC as OSC continues process (kp 22/05/2018),
Labour
relief: Diplomacy key to succesfully enforce scrapping
of Malaysia authorised exploitative out-migrant fees
(kp 22/05/2018)
Calls
to address unethical hiring of migrant workers (kp
13/05/2018)
Nepalis
in Qatar: Migrant workers live in a system of exclusion
without any protection of human rights, by Anwar
Alam (kp 10/05/2018)
Govt
sets new rule to protect Nepalis working abroad:
Recruiters must obtain work letter approval from Nepali
embassies, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 09/05/2018),
Labour
pain: Government’s decision to ask ‘demand letters’ is
appreciable, now enforce it (kp 10/05/2018)
Crackdown
on
passport crimes: Department proposes three-year jail
term and huge fines for recruiting agents who retain
jobseekers’ passports (kp 04/05/2018)
Unskilled
workers
dominate Nepali labour force abroad: Nearly 75 percent
of the migrant workers leaving the country in fiscal
year 2013/14 were unskilled, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 02/05/2018)
State
1 tops migrant workers: Southern plains send 35pc
workers in nine years as department issues over 3.5
million permits, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/04/2018)
Minors
faking age to acquire passport for jobs abroad, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 29/04/218)
5,892
Nepalis die on foreign soil, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 28/04/2018)
Homes
away
from home: Female domestic workers in Lebanon cannot
visit families back in Nepal because of a travel ban
that prevents them from returning to well-paying jobs,
by Upasana Khadka (nt 27/04/2018)
Half
of migrant workers going through individual labor
approval, by Rudra Khadka (rep 22/04/2018)
‘Remove
Gulf job age limit for women’ (kp 20/04/2018)
The
Risk Appetite, by Upasana Khadka (nt 20/04/2018)
Benefits
Women Want At Work, by Shradha Gyawali (sp
20/04/2018)
Ministry
relief
for migrant workers: Ministry of Labour, Employment and
Social Security announces free legal services to Nepalis
facing hardships in jails of foreign countries, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (17/04/2018)
Nepal’s
employment rate highest in South Asia (kp
17/04/2018)
Acute
food crisis triggers migration (ht 14/04/2018)
Unemployment
woes: Effective measures required, by Girish P. Pant
(ht 12/04/2018)
Apex
body to fine agencies cheating migrant workers: NAFEA
pushes for fair trade practices (kp 07/04/2018)
Labour
permit
for overseas employment: Govt to set up three offices
outside Capital; ‘DoFE outlets in Itahari, Janakpur and
Butwal to issue work permits’ (kp 21/03/2018), Experts
doubt
new labour offices will ease centre’s load‘Migrant
workers will favour Kathmandu for medical, job
orientation and flight services’ (kp 24/03/2018)
Grievances
of migrant workers: Minister Bista orders daily hearing
of cases, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/03/2018)
‘Respect
for
labour key to solving joblessness’: Youths account for
40.35 percent of the country’s total population, out of
that 19.2 percent is unemployed (kp
16/03/2018)
End
the
stigma: Women migrants, like their male counterparts,
send remittance, and eventually bring new skills back
home. Don’t they deserve respect?, by Roni Pradhan,
Dhaubhadel (kp 09/03/2018)
Forgetting
about
rights: Foreign employment governance has to be
redefined under new federal structure to safeguard the
rights of migrant workers, by Himalaya Kjharel and
Jeevan Baniya (kp 26/02/2018), Loopholes
in laws deprive migrant workers of timely justice
(ht 27/02/2018)
Limiting
number of recruiting agencies: ‘Govt cannot stop issuing
licences to new companies’ (kp 20/02/2018)
A
bane in disguise: Foreign employment is the drug that
our country has become addicted to. Only a revolutionary
political, economic and social movement can rescue us,
by Binisha Nepal (rep 18/02/2018)
Foreigners
taking work permit on the rise (ht 17/02/2018)
Migrant
worker
body issues 537 contracts in a day: Employment Permit
System issues over 1,600 contracts to aspiring Nepali
workers since January 2018, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 15/02/2018)
Social
trend of migration effecting more migration (rep
10/02/2018)
‘Good
Conduct Certificate’ must for work visa in UAE
(kp 08/02/2018)
Nepal
must ‘do more’ to protect workers’ rights (kp
06/02/2018)
Bulldozers
take away jobs from villagers, by Bhim Bahadur Singh
(kp 05/01/2018)
Weight
of migration: Saudi decision to restrict foreign
employment workers could hit our economy, migrants hard
(kp 02/02/2018)
Government
urged not to sign labour agreement with low-paying
nations (ht 31/01/2018)
Labour
migration dips in current fiscal: 168,190 have taken
work permit from DoFE so far in 2017-18 (ht
29/01/2018)
Employment
opportunity: Indian construction workers coming to Nepal
in droves, by Chandra Karki (kp 21/01/2018)
Foreign
employment saving bond fails to attract migrant workers
(rep 16/01/2018)
We
will find a way: We need to create opportunities where
every ‘where will I work?’ question is addressed with
answers, by Binisha Nepal (rep 13/01/2018)
Nepal's
#1 export: people (nt 29/12/2017)
Safe
migration: Harnessing development potential, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (ht 27/12/2017)
Qatar
remains top labour destination: Malaysia standing grows
while Saudi charm wanes (kp 26/12/2017), Qatar
top destination for Nepali migrants (ht 29/12/2017)
NAFEA
wants higher service charge for Europe (kp
26/12/2017)
Nepal
govt failed to curb illegal recruitment fees, says
Amnesty Int’l (kp 19/12/2017) [see AI
press release], Lost
without recourse: Govt has failed to enforce laws that
would discourage exploitation of migrant workers (kp
20/12/2017), Value
of life: Why are Nepali migrants, who were proven to be
medically fit before departure, dying in large numbers
abroad?, by Roni Pradhan (kp 20/12/2017)
A
third of migrant households in Sunsari remain poor:
Study; It has found that about 30 percent
households, who were previously better off, became
rather poorer after migrating overseas (kp
17/12/2017), Protecting
workers
without borders: Nepal should benefit from migration,
but not at the cost of the rights and wellbeing of
migrants, by Paul I. Norton (kp 17/12/2017)
Rs3.54b
spent on skill development largely 'a waste', by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/12/2017)
Road
to riches: Mass job creation is key to our dream of
prosperity. But this is possible only when we give
priority to enterprise and entrepreneur development,
by Nahakul KC (rep 22/11/2017)
Skilled-based
training for aspirant migrant workers (kp
19/11/2017)
Opening
new doors: There is need for more lucrative and rights
friendly alternatives for migrant workers, by Roni
Pradhan and Sunila Baniya (kp 14/11/2017)
Narrow
escape An inside look at the labour migration
cycle shows the pitiful plight of Nepali migrant workers,
by Miriam Shendroff (kp 07/11/2017)
Nepal
seeks result-oriented projects from labour body (ht
04/11/2017)
Unscrupulous
intermediaries:
Ensuring pro-migrant worker regime in Nepal is perilous
unless culpable agents are tried within the ambit of law,
by Anurag Acharya (kp 03/11/2017)
Outflow
of migrant workers drops in first trimester (ht
30/10/2017)
Nepal
to face labour shortage by 2030: The country may fall
short of 3.6 million workers in 12 years (kp
27/10/2017)
Stakeholders
stress on inclusive job creation (ht 27/10/2017)
Caught
in the middle by middlemen: Migrant workers learn to
face exploitation and abuse from recruiters at home and
abroad, by Upasana Khadka (nt 27/10/2017)
Myadi
job lures migrant workers, by Tularam Pandey (kp
24/10/2017), Around
300,000
apply for Myadi jobs: Nepal Police to finalise names on
Friday; Govt to deploy highest number of temporary
security recruits in Province 2 (kp 26/10/2017)
DoFE
receives 418 grievances in two months (ht
24/10/2017)
Over
one-third migrant workers hail from seven districts
(ht 23/10/2017)
Discussion
held on migration health policy (kp 12/10/2017), Draft
migration health policy discussed (ht 12/10/2017), The
next step: Health issues must be addressed to safeguard
migrant workers, backbone of our economy (ht
13/10/2017)
Qatar
top destination for Nepali migrants last fiscal year,
by Sabin Mishra (ht 08/10/2017)
Govt
spending millions to rescue migrants, bring back bodies
(kp 07/10/2017)
‘Unfree’
labour: Only a concerted global effort will destroy the
extremely exploitative employment system in the Gulf,
by Leila Antier (kp 06/10/2017)
Take
services to the people: Forcing aspiring migrant workers
to come to Kathmandu for all paperwork is unkind, by
Prakash Bhattarai and Vivek Adhikari (kp 03/10/2017)
Rules
of engagement: Due to the country’s overreliance on
overseas employment and remittance, external labor
relations will be policymakers’ priority in the future,
by Narayan Manandhar (rep 27/09/2017)
DoFE
introduces eye-scan technology to issue work permits
(kp 26/09/2017)
Labour
migration: Emerging challenges, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (ht 20/09/2017), Going
somewhere: Migration can be a positive force for
development when assisted by the right policy, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (kp 20/09/2017)
More
Nepalis going abroad for employment: Qatar emerges as
top destination ahead of Saudi (kp 18/09/2017)
Foreign
employment: Govt to raise licence fee for recruiting
firms, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/09/2017)
‘Labour
sending nations must raise common concerns of migrants’
(kp 14/09/2017), 12
nations to forge common stance on migration (ht
14/09/2017)
Burning
issue: Labour migration governance demands a focus
beyond its regular economic perception, by Prakash
Bhattarai, Reshma Basnet and Vivek Adhikari (kp
07/09/2017)
Free-visa-free-ticket
scheme: Recruiting agencies slapped with penalties for
not submitting details, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
05/09/2017)
Help
wanted: The farm sector can create immense employment
opportunities for jobless youths, by David Kainee
(kp 01/09/2017)
When
they return: The irrelevancy of the skills migrants
learn abroad prevent them from doing business,
by Amar B. Thing (kp 29/08/2017)
Just
victims? Nepali women migrating out for work do also
come back with higher remit and non-exploitative
experiences, by Guneshwor Ojha (kp 25/08/2017)
More
Nepalis goving abroad (ht 13/08/2017)
‘Free
visa
free ticket’ scheme a dud: Panel; House committee report
says provision was never implemented, hence none of the
migrant workers benefited in the last two years, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/08/2017)
Sweat
money: Valuable assets, by Bijen Jonchhe (ht
07/08/2017)
Welfare
sum for migrant workers’ kin doubled, by Sabin
Mishra (ht 01/08/2017), Migrant
workers will now pay up to Rs 2,500 into welfare fund
(rep 01/08/2017), Relief
finally:
Criticism has come from various quarters that a lot of
money was spent out of the Welfare Fund to pay for
junkets and other expenses of powerful people (ht
02/08/2017), Money
for misuse: Migrant Workers’ Welfare Fund (rep
02/08/2017), Compensation
period
extended for migrants: Earlier, families could claim
compensation if the migrants workers died or suffered
injury during the contract period (kp 03/08/2017), To
better protect: Amendments to Foreign Employment Act
must be implemented to safeguard migrant workers (kp
04/08/2017)
Migrants’
problems will be resolved soon: Mahara (kp
28/07/2017), ‘MoU
must before opening destinations for females’ (ht
28/07/2017)
Manpower
agencies, legal provisions major hurdles for government
says Home Minister (rep 28/07/2017)
Number
of workers seeking foreign jobs drops (ht
24/07/2017)
Rebuilding
lives as important as rebuilding homes: Even if
earthquake families move into new houses, they need help
finding jobs, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 21/07/2017)
Migrants’
outflow dips, labour shortage hits reconstruction
(ht 20/07/2017), Labour
shortage hits reconstruction works (kp 21/07/2017)
Govt
revises
welfare schemes for migrants: Compensation to families
of deceased workers doubled; Workers suffering from
grave illness and severe injuries are also covered by
the government’s new welfare programme (kp
18/07/2017)
Questions
that
matter: The discourse on migrant workers needs to focus
on accountability and attribution, by Barun Ghimire
(kp 18/07/2017)
Online
system
troublesome for aspiring migrant workers (ht
15/07/2017)
Poverty
forcing
women into migration: Report (kp 13/07/2017), Exodus:
Structural
barriers and discrimination in local labour market drive
women to work abroad (kp 14/07/2017)
Cost
of
migration: Two years into the adoption of the free-visa,
free-ticket scheme, its practice is largely ignored,
by Anurag Devkota (kp 11/07/2017)
Fewer
Nepalis
apply for jobs as tensions flare in the Gulf, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/07/2017), The
job
issue: Ongoing Gulf row should prod Nepal into
becoming less dependent on remittances (ht
12/07/2017)
Gathering
storm:
If migrant workers lose their jobs, how will they repay
their debt to recruiting agents? How will they even
return home?, by Nishchal Nath Pandey (rep
26/06/2017)
Nepali
workers
falling prey to deceptive recruitment agents, shows AI
report: The main form of deception workers reported was
related to salaries (ht 25/06/2017)
Woes
Of
Work Abroad, by Aditi Aryal (sp 23/06/2017)
Quiet
riot
brewing: The achievements of the Jana Andolan II do not
benefit the youth and every day over 1,500 leave in
search of better opportunities abroad, by Bimal
Pratap Shah (rep 21/06/2017)
Managing
migration:
Nepali workers receive lower pay for work of equal value
in comparison to workers from other countries, by
Sudeshna Thapa (rep 21/06/2017)
SDG
8
: The new workforce; Transforming the economy in a way that
increases the number of quality jobs is essential for
sustainable development, by Bhawani Rana (kp 20/06/2017)
Fun
after
40: Unless Nepal is able to create significant number of
jobs in agriculture, infrastructure and tourism labor
migration to other countries won’t stop, by
Bhagirath Yogi (rep 18/06/2017)
Breaking
through the legal bind, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
16/06/2017)
DoFE:
Demands
for work permit dropped: Recruiting agencies claim the
lull is annual phenomena due to Ramadan, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 13/06/2017)
Lack
of
well-paying jobs a formidable challenge in LDCs:
Ambassador Dhital (ht 13/06/2017)
Find
alternatives:
The focus of Nepali planners and policy makers should be
on chalking out policies aimed at generating enough
employment within the country (ht 12/06/2017)
Nepal
failing
to protect migrant workers: Amnesty International
(kp 07/06/2017) [see AI
report], Seize
the
moment: For Nepalis, there is no ‘safe migration’
without the end of debt bondage, by James Lynch (kp
07/06/2017), Unscrupulous
recruiters
continue to exploit migrants: AI (ht 07/06/2017), Nepal
fails to stop exploitation of migrant workers: AI
(rep 07/06/2017)
PAHS
team
to probe deaths of Nepali migrants (kp 06/06/2017)
Compelled
to
leave: Despite having experienced the hardships of labor
migration, why is Mina still choosing to leave?, by
Ayushma Basnyat (rep 05/06/2017)
Carnage
in
Kabul: Only adequate jobs at home can stop Nepalis from
seeking opportunities in unsafe places (kp
02/06/2017)
Migrants
with
mobiles: Essential information about foreign employment
could be effectively disseminated through mobile phones,
by Himalaya Kharel (kp 30/05/2017)
Bank
accounts must in Nepal for people heading abroad to work,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 30/05/2017)
Key
Issues In Nepalese Labour Market, by Lok Nath Bhusal
(rn 14/05/2017)
End
this
injustice: The government should ask the host countries
to scrap the Kafala law which gives undue leverage to
the employers (kp 12/05/2017)
Female
migrants
at higher risk of suicide (ht 11/05/2017)
Do
Nepalis
really need jobs? An exploration of why our work culture
is deteriorating and what can be done to improve it,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 25/04/2017)
MoI
to
give priority to employment generation (ht
17/04/2017)
Nepal
should
not send labour to Qatar under Kafala law: Bundestag
Vice President (ht 12/04/2017)
Worker
health
and safety: Major obstacles remain, by Sunil Kumar
Joshi (ht 04/04/2017)
House
panel to govt: Stop women domestics from going to Gulf
(rep 03/04/2017)
Smuggling
of
Nepali women: House panel says immigration officials
involved; Finds nexus between DoI employees and
smugglers (kp 29/03/2017)
Report
on
labour migration, its socio-political impact released
(kp 14/03/2017), Migration
realities:
Govt should pay heed to suggestions about enhancing the
migration experience (kp 15/03/2017)
Maladies
of
the migrating mind: Migrant workers’ lives can be saved
by improving the mental health services offered to them
before and after departure, by Samik Adhikari and
Sagun Ballav Pant (kp 06/03/2017)
Outflow
of
migrants declines (ht 19/02/2017)
The
migrant story: Nepali migration overseas in search of
good jobs has been pronounced following the restoration
of democracy in 1990, by Gokul Pokhrel (rep
16/02/2017)
Insurance
policy
for migrants on anvil (kp 14/02/2017)
Foreign
employment: Mixed blessing; Social values are declining
and absence of youths put their conjugal life and other
relations in jeopardy, by Shreedhar Aryal (rep
08/02/2017)
In
praise
of entrepreneurship: Government alone cannot provide
adequate employment opportunities to a growing number of
educated people, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp
07/02/2017)
Rescued
migrant
workers seek govt support for rehabilitation (ht
01/02/2017)
Women
learning
masonry for financial independence in Nuwakot, by
Jaya Ram Gautam (ht 30/01/2017)
Never
heard
from again: Hundreds of Nepali migrant workers never
return home, not even in coffins. They simply disappear,
by Om Astha Rai (nt 27/01/2017), Victims
help
would-be victims: Having endured hardships, migrant
worker returnees help others avoid suffering the same
fate, by Upasana Khadka (nt 27/01/2017), High
risk
and no return: Nepali migrant workers borrow money, do
not earn promised salaries, and if they die their
indebted families are cheated of compensation, by
Puru Shah (nt 27/01/2017)
Insurance
to
double for migrant workers: PM (kp 25/01/2017), More
insurance, welfare plan for migrant workers unveiled: A
migrant worker to get up to Rs 2.7 million under social
welfare and insurance (rep 25/01/2017),
Insurance
for
migrant workers raised, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
25/01/2017)
Migrant
workers: Nepali women ahead of men in committing suicide
abroad, by Rudra Khadka (rep 24/01/2017)
Underage
workers
leaving for jobs abroad (ht 21/01/2017)
NAFEA
asks
govt to facilitate migrants’ medical check-ups (kp
16/01/2017)
PM
vows punish unscrupulous manpower agencies, by
Narayan Bhurtel (rep 16/01/2017)
Work
permits
to be issued online beginning Monday: Recruiting
agencies said the online system could make the
process easy and fast, as there will be less
paperwork (kp 15/01/2017)
European
job
market being explored: Manpower agencies have resorted
to this move due to hardships faced by Nepali workers in
Gulf countries, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 15/01/2017)
Lost
in
numbers: A wrong picture of migrant worker deaths has
been given, as statistics were misread, by Anil
Bhattarai (kp 13/01/2017)
Plight
of
irregular migrants: In South Asian countries, there is a
huge gap between practice and policy when it comes to
emigration laws, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 11/01/2017)
Pitch
for
uniform labour deal with host countries (kp
10/01/2017)
Migration
& Development Towards Sustainable Future, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (rn 07/01/2017)
Formation
of labor bank in limbo, by Rudra Khadka (rep
07/01/2017)
Lack
of
evidence adds to woes of duped Nepali foreign
job-seekers, by Rupesh Acharya (ht 04/01/2017)
Lessons
in
mourning: We need to move beyond sensationalising
migrant deaths to asking harder questions, by
Upasana Khadka and Aamik Adhikari (kp 02/01/2017)
Ministry
to
increase migrant workers’ levy: Officials say move
necessary for providing needy workers, their families
with better relief (kp 28/12/2016)
Lack
of annual leave, disintegrating migrant worker families,
by Krishna Oli (rep 28/12/2016)
Fraudulent
agents
tricking unwitting migrants in Delhi: Nepal Police
receives 281 plaints on fraud cases from Nepalis based
in various countries between Sept 2015 and Oct
2016, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 27/12/2016)
Migrant
workers
continue to suffer appalling treatment, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 19/12/2016), Foreign
employment:
Govt should strengthen diplomatic resources and fight
for fair treatment of migrant workers (kp
20/12/2016)
DoFE
launches
online process for work permit (kp 19/12/2016)
Safe,
regular
and orderly migration: Nepal needs dedicated policies
and investment in preparing its nationals for overseas
work, by Paul Norton (kp 18/12/2016)
Skill
development
critical to obtaining productive work opportunities: PM
(kp 15/12/2016)
Qatar
labour
reform: ‘Ending kafala barely scratches the surface’;
Old wine in new bottle; laws do not protect migrant
workers: Activists; Will make comments after studying
new legislation: Nepali officials, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 14/12/2016)
Call
to
adopt ‘Nordic Model’ to address labour issues (ht
14/12/2016)
Fluid
dynamics:
Nepal cannot afford to ignore the urgency of
strengthening its labour market governance, by
Richard Howard and Saloman Rajbanshi (kp 13/12/2016)
Rural
migrants
face reality check, by Anita Shrestha (ht
12/12/2016)
Youth
unemployment, by Binita Thepa (ht 12/12/2016)
Call
to
tackle migrants’ needs through multi-sector approach
(ht 03/12/2016)
Exodus
to
India for employment (ht 02/12/2016)
Govt
told
to probe fraud cases in foreign job sector (kp
25/11/2016)
Stop
‘looting’
of Malaysia-bound workers, govt told, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 25/11/2016)
Nepalis
can
seek security guard jobs abroad, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 23/11/2016)
Samsung
and
Panasonic accused over supply chain labour abuses in
Malaysia: Migrant workers making goods for the global
electronics brands claim they are trapped and exploited
in Malaysia (Guardian 21/11/2016), Flagrant
exploitation:
Govt should continuously press for better labour rights
for our migrant workers (kp 23/11/2016)
Outflow
of
migrant workers drops (ht 15/11/2016), Recruiting
firms
face a bleak future, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
16/11/2016)
Govt
to
offer vocational training to jobless youth (kp
15/11/2016)
MoI
plans
to generate 11,450 new jobs over next six months (ht
15/11/2016), Useful
approach:
The SMEs would also generate more jobs with the passage
of time if more micro entrepreneurs make the most of the
opportunities that would exist for them (ht
16/11/2016)
No.
of
Nepalis leaving for foreign jobs drops sharply, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 08/11/2016)
Outflow
to
Gulf, Malaysia back for housemaid jobs (kp
31/10/2016)
Employment
in
Malaysia, Saudi: Ending monopoly of pre-flight service
firms suggested (kp 18/10/2016)
Agencies
press
govt to review visa-ticket rule (kp 09/10/2016)
NYC,
NRNA
join forces to empower youths (kp 05/10/2016), Govt
to
set up fund to nurture entrepreneurship among youth
(ht 05/10/2016)
Skilled
Nepalis
abroad earn 27pc more than unskilled (kp 04/10/2016)
Govt
mulls
lifting work ban on Nepalis in conflict-hit countries
(kp 30/09/2016)
‘Govt
should
protect rights of migrant workers’ (ht 28/09/2016)
Ban
on security guards for conflict countries ending, by
Kamal Pariyar (rep 27/09/2016)
Fighting
syndicate:
Recruiters urged to stop sending workers to M’sia:
Nepali migrants going to Malaysia for jobs are forced to
pay up to Rs 35,000 in pre-departure service, including
health check-up (kp 23/09/2016)
Service
fees
of manpower firms not be hiked soon (ht 20/09/2016)
Foreign
employment
act: Workers’ welfare package on cards (kp
14/09/2016)
ILO
proposes
barring recruitment agencies from charging fees from
workers (ht 10/09/2016)
Waiting
for
a rainy day: Productive use of Foreign Employment
Welfare Fund will go a long way in solving problems
faced by migrant workers, by Samik Adhikari (kp
06/09/2016)
Passport
fee
for Nepali migrant workers reduced (ht 02/09/2016)
Dahal
presses
for making foreign employment safe: Dahal has asked
ministries of Foreign Affairs, and Labour and Employment
to collaborate for safety, security of migrant workers
(kp 31/08/2016)
Free-visa-free-ticket
policy:
Minister Gurung drops hint at revising scheme (kp
30/08/2016)
Working
abroad:
Contemporary mindset, by Rabindra Adhikari (ht
24/08/2016)
The
long
way home: Fluctuating oil prices and the political
instability in the Gulf has stakeholders debating the
long-term feasibility of a remittance-driven economy,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 20/08/2016)
The
Cycle
of Migration: What perpetuates it, and why it is
important to break it, by Om Astha Rai (nt
19/08/2016)
The
missing
men: Migrants are tackling poverty in their own ways,
but Nepal needs to generate capital within its own
borders, by Eriko Shrestha (kp 14/08/2016)
Migrant
workers’
welfare fund: Probe panel to look into alleged misuse of
fund (kp 11/08/2016)
In-flight
beer
a rare treat for Nepali migrant workers (ht
03/08/2016)
Overseas
labour
migration fell 18.4 per cent in last fiscal year (ht
30/07/2016), Jobs
at
risk (ht 09/08/2016)
Blessing
in
disguise: Absorbing migrant worke s in post-disaster
reconstruction can actually be a good thing (kp
28/07/2016)
Migration
falls
to its lowest in four years, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
25/07/2016)
18pc
lost
regular income source after quakes (ht 20/07/2016)
Report
unveiled
on labour trend abroad (kp 18/07/2016)
Far
from
home and hearth: Many things need to be changed to
ensure the rights and dignity of labour migrants, by
Bhawana Pokhrel (kp 12/07/2016), Risky
business:
The govt should bring in a concrete plan to address the
security concerns of Nepalis working in high-risk
countries, by Motikala Subba Dewan (kp 13/07/2016)
Unemployment
blues:
Around 70 percent Nepalis are engaged in agriculture;
But since most of it is primitive, youths are not
attracted, by David Kainee (rep 05/07/2016)
Minister
says
recruiting firms fleecing workers (kp 04/07/2016)
Foreign
lives,
Nepali bodies: It is a shame that Nepal has not signed
any of the treaties relevant to migrant workers, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 30/06/2016)
A
national debate: It is unrealistic to say that Nepali
youths should not go abroad to work, but some things
need to change, by Abhi Subedi (kp 26/06/2016), The
Nepali
labour sector is going in a sad and wrong direction,
interview with Ganesh Gurung (kp 27/06/2016)
Rights
groups
against age limit for women migrant workers: Only those
women who are 24 years and above are allowed to go to
Gulf countries for employment (kp 25/06/2016),
NOC
may
be necessary for workers flying out via SLanka (kp
26/06/2016)
Kabul
incident
a grim reminder: At least 10,000 Nepali migrants have
died on foreign soil since 2000, over 5,000 in the last
five years, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 24/06/2016)
Officials
hint
at ban on working in Afghanistan, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
22/06/2016)
Flow
of
Malaysia returnees on rise (kp 18/06/2016)
Give
migrants
their due: The least the government could do is make
migration a pleasant experience, at least while
departing and arriving, by Deepak Thapa (kp
16/06/2016)
Female
migrant
Nepalis taking up jobs outside domestic confines, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 05/06/2016)
What’s
causing
the delay in signing BLA? (ht 03/06/2016)
'Vegetable
farming
better than foreign employment', by Nagendra
Upadhyay (rep 23/05/2016)
A
leap of faith: The obvious dangers of migrating to
countries ravaged by war have not stopped Nepali women
from seeking employment in Iraq, Syria and beyond,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 21/05/2016)
App
for
migrant workers launched (rep 19/05/2016)
Ban
on
women going for domestic jobs lifted: Women aged 24 and
above will now be able to take up domestic jobs in the
Gulf and Malaysia with help of selected recruiting firms
(kp 13/05/2016), Nursing
moms
banned from work as domestics, by Shreejana Shrestha
(ht 14/05/2016)
Staying
home:
The number of Nepalis going to work in Malaysia and the
Gulf showed a drastic drop this year, by Sonia Awale
(nt 13/05/2016)
Illegal,
ill-treated:
Nepali workers are unlawfully forced to become ‘illegal’
by unscrupulous employers, recruiters and the government,
by Om Astha Rai (rep 13/05/2016)
Work
permits
to be renewed from destination countries (rep
13/05/2016)
Wasting
talents:
Lack of professional diversity can have adverse
consequences on Nepal’s society and economy, by
Marleen Heuer (kp 08/05/2016)
Number
of
Nepali foreign job-seekers on the decline: Govt unsure
of the reason for the drop, manpower agencies blame free
visa, free ticket provision, by Subodh Dahal (ht
07/05/2016)
MPCD
helping
rescue stranded migrant workers (ht 06/05/2016)
Karnali
Employment
Program fails in Jumla, by DB Budha (rep 05/05/2016)
Free-visa,
free-ticket:
Govt didn’t consider all formal and informal
institutions active in the migration process while
formulating the policy, by Himalaya Kharel, Mohammad
Ayub and Bandita Sijapati (kp 02/05/2016)
Fewer
Nepalis
keen to take up overseas jobs: ‘Growing work
opportunities at home main reason’, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 01/05/2016)
‘Recognise
work
in informal sector’ (kp 01/05/2016)
Youths
begin
fast for job security: Article 33 of the constitution
states that every citizen shall have the right to
employment with provisions for unemployment benefits
(kp 01/05/2016)
Employment
in
Korea: Applicants face tough job odds (kp
29/04/2016)
‘Tap
tourism
potential for job creation’ (ht 26/04/2016)
Manpower
firms
seek ‘moderate’ hike in service fee (ht 22/04/2016)
Migration
causes
labour shortage in Parsa-Bara, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 19/04/2016)
Hiring
through
outsourcing firms: House panel: Ensure minimum wage,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 15/04/2016)
Govt,
manpower
firms still at loggerheads (ht 06/04/2016), Volte-face:
Free-visa-free-ticket
issue should address the costs of all the aspects of
recruitment (kp 07/04/2016), Govt
mulling
options without nulling policy (kp 08/04/2016)
Govt
U-turn
feared on cost-free foreign jobs: Recruiting firms ask
for 45 days’ salary from workers in processing fees,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 04/04/2016)
NAFEA
‘to
press govt’ for recruitment fee revision:
Free-visa-free-ticket is a low cost recruitment scheme
introduced to end exploitation of prospective migrants
(kp 03/04/2016), Manpower
firms
to sit for talks today: Labour ministry may decide to
roll back free visa, free ticket provision, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 03/04/2016)
Changing
times:
Majority of jobs that our folks have been doing on
foreign soil will soon be performed by robots, by
Manish Pokharel and Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 03/04/2016)
Amnesty
International
paints a bleak picture of Nepalis in Qatar, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 01/04/2016)
Few
rights,
little freedom and meagre pay: Law for house workers has
been amended, but Nepal is yet to ratify ILO C89
Convention, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 30/03/2016)
Recruiting
agencies
urged to resume stalled services (kp 30/03/2016), Manpower
firms
to resume operations partially from today (ht
31/03/2016), NAFEA
lifts
restrictions ‘partially’ (kp 01/04/2016)
Plan
afoot
to help out kin of migrants: Families of those who die
at work to get Rs500,000 in compensation, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 27/03/2016)
NAFEA
demands
abolition of free visa, free ticket system: 19-day long
strike has barred around 50,000 people from flying
abroad for employment (rep 26/03/2016)
MoLE
to
review foreign employment laws (ht 21/03/2016)
NAFEA
asks
agencies to uphold strike (kp 15/03/2016)
‘Better
governance
couldsolve migrants’ woes’ (ht 15/03/2016)
Villagers
turn
to micro-business giving up foreign dreams, by
Bipulendra Adhikari (rep 14/03/2016)
Recruiting
agencies
‘defying’ NAFEA by obtaining permits: Sources at the
Department of Foreign Employment say they have
acquired 2,804 work permits since the day NAFEA went
into strike on March (kp 13/03/2016)
Few
jobs
for visually impaired: Nepal Blind Association says out
of around 100,000 visually impaired women in the country
only 134 are employed,
by Pratichya Dulal (kp 12/03/2016), Breaking
the
sound barrier: Agents of change from the deaf and hard
of hearing community are forging new opportunities for
themselves in a tone-deaf society, by Kripa Shrestha
(kp 11/03/2016)
Drought
leads
to male exodus (ht 11/03/2016)
Migrant
Resource
Centre in operation after years (kp 10/03/2016)
Foreign
job-aspirants
hit by closure of manpower agencies, by Pushpa Raj
Koirala (rep 10/03/2016)
Kin
of
migrants who died in Nepal to get compensation, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 09/03/2016)
NAFEA
to
shut up shop from today (kp 06/03/2016)
Migration
and
development: Migrants are individuals with rights, not
‘agents’ or ‘tools’ for economic growth or poverty
reduction, by Bandita Sijapati (kp 04/03/2016)
NAFEA
members
submit memo to labour minister: Recruitment agencies
keep licences with themselves a day after threatening to
return them to government (kp 02/03/2016)
NAFEA
threatens
to return licences en masse: Recruitment agencies say
they are ready to help the government but service charge
must be increased (kp 01/03/2016)
Valley
police
raid manpower agencies, arrest eight suspects: Certain
manpower agencies have been forcing migrant workers into
unpleasant jobs (ht 25/02/2016), Manpower
agencies
protest against ‘uninformed raids’: Shut offices
decrying what they call ‘police raj’; service seekers
affected (kp 26/02/2016), Foreign
employment
agencies warn retaliation, by Shreejana Shrestha
(rep 26/02/2016)
Malaysia
visa
processing: Officials put through wringer over VLN Nepal
(kp 23/02/2016)
Missing
migrants:
Lack of data to understand migration process is hurting
policies governing labour migrants, by Samik
Adhikari (kp 23/02/2016)
Learn
to
earn: More Nepali overseas workers want to acquire
skills before they go abroad, by Om Astha Rai (nt
19/02/2016), Young,
educated
and unemployed: Youth unemployment among university
graduates in Nepal is three times higher than among
those without education, by Sangita Thebe Limbu (nt
19/02/2016)
Our
remit:
Until it is possible to create jobs for them at home,
make it as easy as possible for Nepali migrant workers
to earn more overseas (nt 19/02/2016)
NAFEA
set
to launch another round of strike (kp 12/02/2016)
Nepal
to
host regional conference to protect migrants’ rights
(kp 08/02/2016)
Govt
mulls
system for accreditation of academic qualification
(ht 06/02/2016)
NAFEA
threatens
to stop sending migrants abroad (kp 04/02/2016)
Women
continue
to fall prey to lure of foreign jobs, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 02/02/2016)
Worker
outflow
shrinks by 22.49pc (ht 30/01/2016)
Flawed
agency
relationship: Increase in remittance has for now partly
solved the issues of employment and balance of payment,
by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp 29/01/2016)
Recruiting
agencies
telling twisted tale? Govt figures contradict what
lobbyists say about Nepali migrant workers, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/01/2016)
Show
you
care: More needs to be done to protect migrant workers
who keep Nepal’s economy afloat (kp 12/01/2016)
Jobless
southerners
take to smuggling gasoline, by Abdesh Kumar Jha (kp
07/01/2016)
Unbearable
Pain, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn 30/12/2015)
Overseas
labour
migration drops 22.59 per cent (ht 23/12/2015)
Migrants
in
trouble: Doing away with anomalies, by Shobhakar
Parajuli (kp 08/12/2015)
Free
taining
to benefit 10,000 migrants (kp 27/11/2015)
Unhelpful
move
for domestic help: Govt set to open Gulf, Malaysia for
Nepali housemaids, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 08/11/2015)
Overstay
threatens
South Korean jobs for Nepali worker, by Santosh
Pokhrel (rep 07/11/2015)
Qatar
is
reforming labour laws, but is Nepal? Nepal first needs
to reform its own laws to protect Nepali migrant workers
in the Gulf, by Om Astha Rai (nt 06/11/2015), Working
away
from home: One in every five people in Doha is a Nepali
migrant worker, by Pattabi Raman (nt 06/11/2015)
Nepali
migrants:
In search of better opportunities, by Shobhakar
Parajuli (ht 02/11/2015)
The
greener
grass on the other side, by Weena Pun (kp
31/10/2015)
The
long
view: Nepalis are leaving the country because it does
not have a favourable environment for work, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 27/10/2015)
More
than
8,000 pass Korean language test, by Devendra
Sambahamphe (kp 09/10/2015)
Earthquake-displaced
get
job demolishing buildings, by Harihar Singh Rathaur
(kp 06/10/2015)
Job
market
data paints a worrying picture: Problem of labour
underutilisation high among literate, rich, urban
population (ht 23/09/2015)
New
constitution:
'Jobless allowance’ removed from draft (kp 17/09/2015)
FEPB
plans
more support for migrant workers, by Ramesh Shrestha
(ht 16/09/2015)
More
foreigners
seeking permit to work in Nepal, by Ramesh Shrestha
(ht 28/08/2015)
Employment
in
South Korea: Nepali migrants to benefit from new Korea
guidelines, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 19/08/2015)
Race
to
the bottom: Unemployment creation, honouring the worst
(nt 14/08/2015)
Migrant
departures
down by 2.9pc (kp 09/08/2015)
M’sia,
Gulf
ready to hire workers under new rule (kp 07/08/2015)
Nepali
workers
top Tibetans’ wantlist, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
04/08/2015)
Foreign
job
fraud cases increase (ht 02/08/2015)
90,000
not
eligible for free visa, ticket, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
27/07/2015), Manpower
agents
end strike after 31-point deal with government, by
Ramesh Shrestha (ht 27/07/2015), Workers
flay
govt-NAFEA deal (kp 28/07/2015), NAFEA
divided
over new govt regulations (kp 31/07/2015)
113,000
new
jobs to be created this fiscal year (kp 27/07/2015)
Not
just
a ticket: Without imparting skills to migrant workers,
the free visa policy will only generate unproductive
remittances, by Himalaya Kharel (24/07/2015)
Out
of
work: Allowance to the unemployed cannot be a long term
solution for joblessness (kp 24/07/2015)
Seasonal
workers
throng Chitwan as locals opt for foreign jobs, by
Pawan Yadav and Bechu Gaud (kp 19/07/2015)
Number
of
migrants leaving for foreign jobs on the decline, by
Ramesh Shrestha (ht 19/07/2015)
Employment
in
Malaysia: Govt set to allow biometric system, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 17/07/2015)
Govt
plans
to enforce work permit rule: Hiring of foreign workers
without legal process causing losses in millions (ht
17/07/2015)
‘Fraudulent
activities
widespread’ (kp 09/07/2015)
Foreign
employment
firms to stop sending workers: Say labor demand will be
diverted to other countries, by Sagar Ghimire (rep
08/07/2015), Recruiting
agencies
start indefinite strike (kp 09/07/2015), Free
visa
and ticket row: Manpower agencies launch protest, demand
high-level commission to study the new provision; State
minister for labour and employment says government won’t
give into pressure (ht 09/07/2015), Our
business
more important than workers: Agencies, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 09/07/2015), Govt
decision
to waive visa fee, airfare gets vote of confidence from
workers: The provision, if strictly enforced, would
benefit some 3.5 million Nepalis working in Gulf states
and Malaysia, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 10/07/2015), Who
is
against zero-cost migration and why? Labour recruiters
are protesting their right to keep on cheating poor
Nepali migrant workers, by Om Astha Rai (nt
10/07/2015), Recruiting
agencies
continue strike; govt not to back down, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 15/07/2015), ‘Strike
of
recruiting agencies untenable’ (kp 16/07/2015), Govt,
manpower
agencies talks end inconclusively (ht 18/07/2015), Provision
to
be enlisted in labour pacts (kp 20/07/2015), ‘Suspend
new
provision until labour agreement’: Foreign employment
agencies want free visa, ticket provision halted (kp
20/07/2015), Govt,
manpower
companies refuse to budge: Row related to free visa and
ticket provision hits foreign employment sector hard
(ht 23/07/2015), Recruiting
firms
to resume service, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 26/07/2015),
Recruitment
agencies’
protest labelled ‘sham’ (kp 26/07/2015)
New
provision
comes into effect: DoFE expects it will take two weeks
to send workers under ‘free visa and ticket’ facility
(ht 07/07/2015)
NAFEA’s
23rd
AGM today (ht 02/07/2015)
Demand
for
Nepalis workers may decrease in Malaysia, by Ram
Chandra Giri and Roshan Sedhai (kp 27/06/2015)
Number
of
workers going abroad rises gradually (ht 26/06/2015)
MoLE
enforces
new provision for migrants: Job-seekers eyeing seven
labour destinations to be able to go at zero cost from
July 6 (ht 25/06/2015), NAFEA
to
protest free visa, ticket provision (kp 28/06/2015),
Recruiting
agencies
stage protests (kp 29/06/2015), House panel hails
MoLE’s new provision: Says
free
visa and ticket rules should be implemented for
countries that have signed labour agreement (ht
30/06/2015)
Reconstruction
phase
can offer alternative to foreign employment, by
Sujan Dhungana (rep 25/06/2015)
Plight
of
Nepalis in Malaysia: Migrants systematically rendered
'undocumented', by Kosh Raj Rai (rep 24/06/2015)
New
Agenda For Donor Conference: Making Migration Free For
Nepalese, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 23/06/2015)
Road
to
recovery: Japan and Korea can jhelp by increasing their
quotas for Nepali migrant workers, by Birat Anupam
(rep 22/06/2015)
‘Decision
to
regulate labour outflow not well-thought-out plan’ (kp
17/06/2015)
Government
gearing
up to send workers as domestic help (ht 16/06/2015)
Govt
to
introduce new rules for manpower agencies: Initial cost of
job-seekers to seven labour destinations to come down
drastically, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 13/06/2015), Free
ticket,
visa for seven labor destinations, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 13/06/2015)
No
approval
unless migrants get free visa, ticket: Govt, by Roshan
Sedai (kp 05/06/2015)
Guaranteeing
Constitutional
Right To Employment, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
05/06/2015)
Labour
shortage
hits businesses, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 05/06/2015)
Orientation
for
outbound workers outside Valley too: Applications sought
from firms to run training schools in nine districts
(ht 02/06/2015)
Labour
shortage:
Capital grapples with soaring costs, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 28/05/2015), Create
jobs
within: The government also needs to be clear about
several aspects of its financial assistance plan for the
victims (ht 28/05/2015)
Number
of
foreign job-seekers nearly halved, by Ramesh Shrestha
(ht 27/05/2015), Nepali
migrant
workers: Around 4,000 returning home daily after quakes
(kp 28/05/2015)
Earthquake
rattles
foreign employment sector, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
05/05/2015)
Number
of
people leaving for foreign jobs up 16.66pc (ht
25/04/2015)
Outbound
female
domestic help: Govt set to revise restrictions on age,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 24/04/2015)
Law
requires
domestics to be produced at Nepal missions every 4
months, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 24/04/2015)
Govt
preparing
send workers to Malaysia free of cost, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 21/04/2015), Govt
in
ambitious bid
to safeguard workers: Two-pronged strategy: Improve
workers’ conditions or stop sending them there (kp
22/04/2015)
Preps
to
send Nepali workers to Israel: Ministry to table proposal
soon (kp 19/04/2015)
Nepal’s
labour
black-market: Greed of a few recruiting agencies and top
bureaucrats has landed many Nepalis in trouble at work
destinations, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/04/2015), ‘Weak
regulation
fuel fraud cases’ (kp 14/04/2015)
Ministry
to
increase guarantee amount posted by agencies, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 12/04/2015)
Middle
men
muddy the waters, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 11/04/2015)
Zero
cost
migration, really?, by Om Astha Rai (nt 10/04/2015),
Belabouring
the
obvious (nt 10/04/2015)
Housemaids
in
M'sia, gulf: Nepali missions against lifting employment
ban on women, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 03/04/2015)
Nepal
tourism
generated 487k direct jobs in 2014 (kp 01/04/2015)
Domestic
jobs
abroad: Women continue to fall prey to traffickers,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 31/03/2015)
At
least
two Nepalis die abroad daily, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp
27/03/2015), Call
to
make post-mortem mandatory, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
28/03/2016)
Educated
and
unemployed: More women are pursuing education degrees,
but it will be difficult to gainfully engage them in
work, by Deepak Thapa (kp 26/03/2015)
Relief
fund
for stranded illegal migrants in offing (ht
24/03/2015)
Govt
to
establish Labour Dept branches outside Kathmandu, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 22/03/2015)
Govt
unveils
umbrella employment policy (ht 22/03/2015)
Youths
call
for transparent use of workers’ welfare fund (kp
19/03/2015)
Eight
foreign
job-seekers duped every day (ht 19/03/2015)
Agents
add
to Nepali migrants’ expenses, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
15/03/2015)
‘Janajatis
more
prone to foreign job fraud’ (kp 10/03/2015)
Easing
the
passage: Even as hundreds of Nepali men continue to take
out loans for foreign employment at exorbitant interest
rates, the government is yet to come up with a scheme to
stop the trend, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 07/03/2015)
Unemployment:
A Perennial Problem, by Krishna Prasad Acharya (rn
05/03/2015)
Recruitment
firms
resist regulation on transparency, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 01/03/2015)
Stakeholders
stress
on creating jobs at home: Say lack of opportunities
forcing youths to fly abroad (kp 01/03/2015)
NAFEA
directed
to form new exec body (kp 27/02/2015)
Migrant
worker
welfare: Govt works to double insurance, relief pays,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 22/02/2015)
NAFEA
members
quit in protest of ‘power abuse’ (kp 15/02/2015)
All
about
the attitude: The Nepali government has already created
workplace policies that should help women in the
workplace; But unless the men who run organisations
willingly implement them, working women will continue to
be treated unfairly, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
14/02/2015)
Online
measure
to monitor pre-departure orientation (kp 13/02/2015)
Plans
to
establish labour bank in limbo (ht 13/02/2015)
NAFEA
excom
members plan to resign en masse (kp 12/02/2015)
Govt
raises
medical fees for migrant workers (kp 08/02/2015)
Action
sought
against bio-med test providers, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
05/02/2015)
Bank
transaction
must for foreign job agencies, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
04/02/2015)
Thousands
apply
at PSC for govt jobs as deadline nears (ht
02/02/2015), Applicants
want
PSC exams decentralised, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
04/02/2015)
Flawed
narrative:
Poverty and lack of economic opportunities has meant
that Nepal is rapidly losing its working-age population
to oberseas, by Mukesh Khanal (rep 02/01/2015)
Foreign
job
seekers increase: Number of people looking for
employment abroad up 20pc (ht 01/02/2015), Outward
bound (ht)
Unfulfilled
promises:
Dreams shattered and neck deep in debt, families of
migrant workers who die abroad struggle to get by,
by Debendra Basnet (rep 28/01/2015), Scholarships
for
children of deceased migrant workers in offing (rep
28/01/2015)
Youths
departing
for foreign jobs swindled (ht 27/01/2015)
DoFE
directs
manpower companies to use banking channel to collect
fees (ht 22/01/2015)
Malaysia
enforces
bio-metric system for migrant labor: Recruiting firms
threaten to stop processing Malaysia-bound workers,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 19/01/2015), Nepali
migrants
to Malaysia: Biometric screening is a go (kp
22/01/2015), Malaysia
confirms
implementation of biometric health test: Irate manpower
agencies form joint struggle committee to put pressure
on government, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 24/01/2015), Foreign
job
firms against biometric health screening (kp
25/01/2015), CA
panel
instruction to halt biometric screening (kp
29/01/2015)
Foreign
employment:
Govt’s 7-day ultimatum to agencies, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 18/01/2015), DoFE
asks
manpower agencies to submit details by Friday: Those
that fail to comply will face legal action (ht
18/01/2015)
83pc
of
economically inactive people literate (ht
16/01/2015)
Evaluation
mechanism
for labour markets in offing: Only countries securing 60
marks to be listed as eligible destinations, by
Ramesh Shrestha (ht 15/01/2015)
Govt
preparing
to lower ceiling on recruitment fees, by Sagar
Ghimire (rep 15/01/2015)
Committee
to
identify five new labour destinations (ht
12/01/2015), Govt
working
to send Nepali workers to Japan, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 12/01/2015)
Employment
rate
in Valley highest in Bhaktapur: Latest CBS report shows
22.25 per cent of employed population are engaged in
retail, wholesale trade (ht 10/01/2015)
No
country
for women: Despite a ban, women migrant workers come
back from the Gulf in the thousands with harrowing tales
of economic and physical exploitation, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 09/01/2015)
Why
so
many deaths? Without documented causes of death, there
is a lot of speculation to identify the reasons for the
high rates of death among Nepali migrant workers, by
Buddha Basnyat (nt 09/01/2015)
46
pc
people of working age group ‘economically inactive’,
by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 09/01/2015)
Retaining
youths:
Population dividend has remained just a dream in Nepal
as the nation faces an acute shortage of manpower,
by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 07/01/2015)
More
Nepalis
vie for 3rd-country jobs: Charm of seasonal labour
market in India gives way to more stable, better paying
works (kp 07/01/2015)
Loan-ly
ride:
From the moment they leave home and throughout their
stay abroad they cannot think of beyond paying back loan,
by Ravi Lochan Paudyal (rep 03/01/2015)
Foreign
employment:
262 women go missing in a year (kp 02/01/2015)
Labour
sector
reforms afoot: Government takes numerous initiatives to
organise migration (ht 01/01/2015)
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