Professional Documents
Culture Documents
By
Government of Nepal
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
Greetings from the country of Mount Everest
Presentation Outline
1. A Brief Profile of Nepal
2. Background of Foreign Employment in Nepal
3. Labor Migration Trend in Nepal
4. Skill Profile
5. Trend of Remittance Inflow
6. Initiatives for Remittances Management and
Utilization
7. Institutional arrangement & Legal Framework
8. Problem & Challenges towards labor migration
with in country & destination
9. Recent Initiatives & Reforms
1. A brief introduction of Nepal
Nepal is situated in between India and china.
A Himalayan country with 15% land covered by high
snowy mountains ( Mt. Everest top of the world and
other seven peaks above 8000 meters high), 68%
Midhills and 17% Terai (Flat Land).
Nepal is rich in natural and cultural assets, however
economically a least developing country at present.
Nepal has a population of 275,00,000 people (of whom
48.56% are Male & 51.44% Female). (Nepal in Figure
2014).
Around 500,000 Nepalese youths enter labour market
every year.
Per capita income 775 US$ per year (Economic Survey
of Nepal, 2014/15).
Nepal
National Flag Emblem
Map of Nepal
2. Background of Foreign Employment in Nepal
The Foreign Employment has a long history in Nepal, starts from Army-
Recruits in India as Gurkha regiment after the Sugauli treaty of 1816.
Officially, Labor Migration for foreign employment from Nepal started since
the decade of 1980s just after formulating the Foreign employment Act
1985.Initaially workers mobility started from gulf countries and South East
Asian Countries.
At Present, Nepalese migrant workers are working in more than 150
countries in the world, however, the concentration is highly in Gulf and
Malaysia.
Presently, Labor migration for foreign employment remains a key means of
economic and social empowerment in Nepal.
Gradual and slow pace of economic growth, lack of economic and
employment opportunities, political instability, severe unemployment and
underemployment conditions, poverty situations are the pushing factors for
labor migration from Nepal. Whereas the increasing demand of short term
labor from gulf countries & Malaysia are external motivating and pulling
factors for labor migration in Nepal.
Nepalese workers are very much preferred by GCC countries, Malaysia ,
Korean and Israeli employers due to their dedication, diligence, discipline,
above all honesty with hard working nature.
3. Labor Migration Trend in Nepal :
Annual outflows of Nepalese Migrant workers
Fiscal Year Male Female Total
The trend of Nepalese migrant workers in major Gulf countries including Malaysia
Remittance inflow
Fiscal Year Ratio to GDP
(NRs. in Billion)
27.9 % 4th
Tonga
26.2 % 5th
Moldova
1. Recruitment fees are different from one country to another within Asian
countries. So, can we make more or less uniformity through collective
efforts? If yes, then How?
2. Migrant Workers still facing many problems in COD such as low paid or
unpaid salary or delay in salary payment, working long hours and less
opportunity for overtime payment, unwillingness to provide exit visa even
after the employment contract is over, holding worker's passport/ ID by
employers, and so on. So, how can we solve these problems collectively in
order to ensure and promote fair and ethical recruitment considering
unhealthy market competition among the labor sending countries.
3. How can informal remittance be brought into the formal channels and how
can we maximize the use of remittances in productive sectors?
Last but not the least, we would like to extend our
sincere thanks to the organizer for this important meeting
and the hospitality rendered to us in this beautiful city
Manila.
We wish you all the best to all, present here and every
success of our mission here in Manila.