No Nepali will remain poor: PM

Kathmandu, Dec. 28: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the poverty would be eradicated from the country and no Nepali would be poor.

This is pro-poor government which will work in the interest of people, and it will always be positive towards the skill development and economic upliftment of working people, he said while addressing the inaugural programme of the Joint Trade Union Coordination Centre (JTUCC) in the Capital.

He said that the contribution-based social security programme recently launched by the government would pull many workers out from poverty.

"We have not only announced programmes for the workers but also in the interest of businessmen and industrialists as well. This is a novel programme implemented with the consensus of both the workers and the employers," he said.

According to him, the government work to make the poor people rich not to stop the growth of the affluent. It will launch employment projects to ensure sufficient income to manage the daily of poor people.

"Though the social discrimination can be eradicated in some years from now, it may take some time to create social equality but we are determined to reach there," said PM Oli.

He said that the government was committed to support people in Terai to save them from cold-waves, and collaboration has been created among the security agencies, local bodies, administration and private sector to save people from the cold-bites.

"Nobody would die from cold-bites from this year," he said.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 29 December 2018.