Number of people obtaining work permits increasing in Karnali Province

Number of people going for foreign employment has been increasing in Karnali Province in the recent period.

According to the Labour and Employment Office, Surkhet, a total 3,300 people obtained new work permits in the fiscal year 2079/80 BS.

Information Officer Nirmala Regmi said that 919 men and seven women had their work permit renewed in the fiscal year 2075/76 BS.

Similarly, 1,990 men and 36 women obtained work permits in fiscal year 2076/77 BS, 667 men and eight women in fiscal year 2077/78 BS and 1,005 men and 26 women in fiscal year 2078/79 BS.

Regmi said the number of people going for overseas employment is increasing enticed by high remuneration in other countries as compared to Nepal.

The number of people going to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova and Belarus from Nepal for overseas employment is increasing.

The highest number of people of Salyan district of Karnali Province used to go for overseas employment, Regmi said.