Minister Yadav vows creating jobs within country

Kathmandu: Minister for Youth, Labour and Employment, RamajiYadav, has said the government had accorded much priority to creating job opportunities within the country.

Addressing a programme on foreign employment opportunities organised at the Ministry on Thursday, Minister Yadav viewed that supporting young entrepreneurs and business persons would help create jobs and reduce the trend of going abroad for jobs. The Ministry extends utmost support to this end, he added.

The event was organised to confer the Best Entrepreneurs National Award. The award was presented to six people who developed entrepreneurship following their return from overseas jobs. Lok Bahadur Rai from Morang was provided the award for this year.

On the occasion, Rai shared his journey from working in Qatar to establishing a beekeeping. He viewed that there is potential of securing a decent living in Nepal with the hard work as done abroad. Manika Rai, DevlalYadav, Yam Kumar Gole, Shiv Kumar Chhetri, Dinesh Khatri and Karmaraj Malla were also provided awards.

Ministry secretary Dr Dipak Kafle shared the Ministry’s readiness to protect workers’ rights and interests in addition to the creation of a favourable atmosphere for employment. The Ministry also honoured 13 municipalities in recognition of their status as child labour free local level.

Six industries were also honoured for meeting labour standards set by the Ministry. They were Navjivan Hospital Pvt Ltd, Hongsi Shivam Cement, Ambe Steel Ltd, Asian Paints Nepal, Maruti Cement Ltd and Mainawati Steel Industries Ltd.

RSS