PM Oli calls for ensuring citizens’ broader access to labour

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stressed on the need of ensuring citizens’ access to the entire opportunities of labour and employment.

Launching the Shramsansar online portal on the occasion of the 136th International Workers’ Day (May Day) here today, the Prime Minister was of the view of addressing challenges in regard with foreign employment.

He pressed the need that all government services relating to labour, employment and social security should be made easily accessible to all citizens by integrating the Portal into the Nagarik App.

Speaking of the inevitability of IT technology in the achievement of the goal of “Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali”, he said the role of IT is vital in building the knowledge-based society, digital economy, achieving the goals of development and prosperity and providing services to the citizens in an easier way.

As he said, the government has considered the need incorporating the uses of IT in labor market in the upcoming government policies and programmes. Stating that the development of strategic plans is underway to observe the upcoming decade as the Decade for Promoting Internal Service, he called all to be part of this initiative.

The Portal aims to support employment-related matters, analyze labour demand and supply, regulate employers, and improve access to services without physical or bureaucratic barriers. By enhancing skills and regulating the labour force, the system seeks to promote grassroots inclusion and contribute to national prosperity.