Kathmandu, July 14
The Ministry of Labour and Employment and
Social Security has approved the annual budget of the Foreign Employment Board
(FEB) for Fiscal Year 2022/23.
The 74th regular meeting of the
board held at the ministry on Thursday approved the policy and programmes for
the next fiscal.
The meeting chaired by Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security
and Chairman of the Board Sher Bahadur Kunwar approved the budget of Rs. 1.58
billion for the FY 2022/23 by utilising the resources from the Welfare Fund
maintained at the FEB.
The board has allocated the budget especially
for nine programmes.
Programmes that received special allocation
include financial aid distribution programme through online system, rescue and
relief programme for stranded workers, free skill training, orientation related
to safe, dignified and profitable foreign employment, and reintegration programme.
Likewise, social and health protection
programme of Nepali workers, training, study and research and cooperation with
stakeholders and enhancing institutional capacity have also got priority in the
budget of the next year.
The Executive Director of the FEB, Rajan
Prasad Shrestha, informed that the secretariat of the FEB will publish detailed
information on this matter on the board's website within a few days.
Speaking at the programme, Minister Kunwar
said that the board will do special work in the coming days to make foreign
employment safe and dignified. He said that he would take initiatives to
promote good governance at the board by making the services provided by it simple,
easy and technology-friendly.
Stating that the migrant workers are facing
a lot of problems, Minister Kunwar requested the employees of the board to work
in such a way that the problems would be addressed by the FEB.
The FEB was established with the objective of
promoting the foreign employment, making the business safe, orderly and
dignified and protecting the rights and interests of workers and foreign
employment entrepreneurs.
The board also has the representatives from
government agencies, foreign employment agencies, trade unions, foreign
employment experts and organisations working in this field.
Published in The Rising Nepal on 15 July 2022.
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