27. Under the Prime Minister Employment Program, 14,084 unemployed individuals
out of 841,378 listed have got employment until the fiscal year 2022/23. Out of
708,245 enlisted unemployment, 163,708 got employment in the fiscal year
2021/22.
Foreign Employment - Section 3 of Foreign Employment Act, 2007 stipulates that
the Government of Nepal shall specify the countries that can operate foreign
employment business by publishing notice in Nepal Gazette. Up to this year, total
111 countries on institutional basis and 178 countries on personal basis are opened
for sending/going foreign employment, but the permission of Iraq, Libya and
Ukraine has been suspended at present, and labor agreements have been signed with
only 10 countries. Labor agreement has not been signed with Saudi Arabia in which
28.17 percent of foreign employment workers have gone for employment. Of total
2 million 288 thousand 26 workers that gone for foreign employment in last five
year, 0.03 percent are high skilled, 0.13 percent are professional, 8.75 percent are
semi-skilled, 36.51 percent are skilled and 54.58 percent are non- skilled.
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