The government has sought applications for Prime Minister Employment Programme (PMEP). Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) – issuing a public notice today – said that job aspirants need to apply for the jobs before April 13.
According to the notice, job aspirants need to submit their applications at the local level. "The government will guarantee jobs for a minimum of 100 days to those who are unemployed," the notice reads, adding that the programme – unveiled by prime minister KP Sharma Oli on February 13 – will also ensure that all the unemployed people will get 50 per cent of the minimum wage that it has set if they remain unemployed for 100 days and none of their family members are employed for a year.
The government had set a monthly minimum wage of Rs 13,450 for workers on July 9 last year. Hence, such families will receive Rs 22,417 annually 50 per cent of the government-set minimum wage for 100 days. According to the ministry, it has allocated a budget of Rs 3.5 billion for the programme for the current fiscal year.
Earlier, the ministry had opened applications for the post of employment coordinator in all 753 local levels of the seven provinces through an online system. But the government has selected employment coordinators for 232 local levels only as none of the candidates in remaining local levels were able to pass the initial computer based examination. The government has also established Employment Service Centres at all local bodies to collect data of unemployed youths.
The employment coordinator will work to collect data of the unemployed persons at the local level, update and provide identity cards to the listed unemployed people. It will also facilitate employment opportunities for them while making recommendations for various kinds of skills-oriented training programmes.
Under the ambitious Prime Minister Employment Programme, the government will deploy the unemployed youths in government identified sectors like agriculture, tourism, construction, transportation, energy and power, forest and environment.
According to the notice, job aspirants need to submit their applications at the local level. "The government will guarantee jobs for a minimum of 100 days to those who are unemployed," the notice reads, adding that the programme – unveiled by prime minister KP Sharma Oli on February 13 – will also ensure that all the unemployed people will get 50 per cent of the minimum wage that it has set if they remain unemployed for 100 days and none of their family members are employed for a year.
The government had set a monthly minimum wage of Rs 13,450 for workers on July 9 last year. Hence, such families will receive Rs 22,417 annually 50 per cent of the government-set minimum wage for 100 days. According to the ministry, it has allocated a budget of Rs 3.5 billion for the programme for the current fiscal year.
Earlier, the ministry had opened applications for the post of employment coordinator in all 753 local levels of the seven provinces through an online system. But the government has selected employment coordinators for 232 local levels only as none of the candidates in remaining local levels were able to pass the initial computer based examination. The government has also established Employment Service Centres at all local bodies to collect data of unemployed youths.
The employment coordinator will work to collect data of the unemployed persons at the local level, update and provide identity cards to the listed unemployed people. It will also facilitate employment opportunities for them while making recommendations for various kinds of skills-oriented training programmes.
Under the ambitious Prime Minister Employment Programme, the government will deploy the unemployed youths in government identified sectors like agriculture, tourism, construction, transportation, energy and power, forest and environment.
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