Indicator (in percent) Female Male Total

Employment to population ratio 22.9 48.3 34.3

Labor force participation rate 26.3 53.8 38.5

Unemployment rate 13.1 10.3 11.4

Under utilization rate of labor 48.7 31.8 39.2

The employment rate in the 32.3 39 36.5

informal sector

Average working time at main 38 48 -

profession

Employment in informal sector 32.9 45.8 41

Foreign employment

● Due to lack of enough employment opportunities in the country, foreign employment is

attractive.

Country percent

Qatar 16%

Malaysia 20%

Saudi Arabia 21%

 UAE 27%

Bahraini 2%

Kuwait 1%

Oman 5%

Others 8%

Fiscal year 2076/77 indicated that foreign employment is deducted to 0.06% compared to last
fiscal year.

CHAPTER VIII: Agriculture Sector Economic survey: Ujwal

·In fiscal year 2076/77 a major portion of agricultural budget of Rs. 34.8 billion was to be
spent on agricultural infrastructure development, loan and subsidy to farmers and
modernizing agriculture.

And Although the involvement of total population in agriculture has decreased the
agricultural contribution in economic growth has increased from 21.2% in 2075/76 to
32.7% in 2076/77.

The economic survey shows that production of cereal crops, cash crops, pulses,spices
and fruits shall increase by 2.9, 3.6, 5.8, 1.3 qnd 6.1% respectively. However
production of some crops such as vegetable crops, oils and industrial crops is expected
to decrease by 4.4%,1.4 and 4.5.

The total agricultural imports of about Rs. 40.82 billion was majorly spent on importing
paddy, maize, vegetables, fruits and cotton whereas and agricultural exports was of rs.
10.7 million was collected through export of vegetables, tea and spices.

SLIDE CHANGE

Here we can see that in the fiscal year the production of paddy, maize and wheat has
exceeded the budgeted production. Whereas as of falgun 2076, the production of
vegetables, sugarcane, milk and meat has not been been produced as expected.

SLIDE CHANGE

Now comparing the budget with some of the major contributors of increased agricultural
production , we see that focus on development of irrigation facility through sufficient
budget allocation on major irrigational projects has led to about 2,243 hectres of
additional land being provided with irrigation facility.

Similarly, budget talked about making agricultural loans more efficient to farmers , and
survey revealed that about 26.9 billion rupees had already been provided to farmers
through various banks and institutions.

Similarly, the government’s promise to ensure smooth availability of fertilizers to the

farmers has been kept as survey revealed that government has already stored enough
fertilizer to last throughout the fiscal year.