"Govt to establish National Employment Authority", 27 April 2020

Despite facing criticism from several quarters for its failure to properly implement the existing policies and programmes the government is all set to launch the National Employment Authority (NEA) to govern the overall employment sector...

Ganesh Gurung, a labour expert, said that establishing the NEA should not be a priority of the government in the current situation. “At present we have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic and many people have lost their jobs so the government should not waste its energy forming authorities as such,” he said, adding that it should look into ways in how jobs can be created in the future.

...Amid criticism over the failure of the PMEP, the new leadership at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) is preparing to revive the programme and has vowed to employ over 60,000 youths in the current fiscal year. Last year, 177,000 unemployed youths had benefited from the PMEP. For the programme, the government had allotted Rs 3.5 billion. Similarly, the government has allocated Rs 5.1 billion for employing 60,000 youths in the current fiscal year.