Kathmandu, July 23: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reminded government’s priority to discourage youths from travelling abroad with creation of sufficient jobs at home and engage the migrant returnees in productive sector.
In his response to the concerns showed by lawmakers during a meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today, the Prime Minister said the government had announced a period from 2082 to 2092 BS as the Internal Employment Promotion Decade.
Agriculture, industry, tourism, energy and infrastructure development, the major areas for Nepal’s development, are attracting a significant investment from both the government and private sectors and they are highly capable for providing job opportunities, according to the Prime Minister. The government head further added that the government had pursued a policy of restructuring the Prime Minister Employment Programme as the National Employment Programme, making it more skill and employment-oriented.
Entrepreneurship development programmes through startup and innovations are in operation, targeting the ‘Gen Z’ population, he added. Likewise, Oli said that under the ReMi Project, reintegration and entrepreneurship promotion programmes have been implemented in 20 local levels of Koshi and Madhesh provinces targeting youths returned from foreign migration.
Reiterating his commitments against corruption, he said corruption is intolerable.
