KATHMANDU, Jan 18: The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has begun discussion with experts and stakeholders on the initial draft of the labor migration policy.
During the discussion program organized by the ministry, Labour Minister Sharat Singh Bhandari, informed that the government is for a policy on labor migration in order to make domestic and foreign employment dignified. The policy is also essential to promote and incorporate labor issues in the forthcoming five-year plan and make this sector systematic, he added.
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Secretary Kewal Prasad Bhandari informed that the draft would be amended based on the suggestions garnered by the taskforce. The Ministry is effortful to ensure health and social security as a major agenda in the labor migration policy.
The stakeholders and experts furnished suggestions during the programme. The government had formed a task force under the coordination of labor expert Dr Ganesh Gurung to draft the labor migration policy. The taskforce has begun discussion on the draft policy.
(RSS)
