INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
JANAKPURDHAM, JANUARY 8The institutional and individual labour permits that were
earlier issued only from Kathmandu are now being issued from other provincial offices including Janakpurdham in Madhes from today.
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Labour
and Employment Office in Janakpurdham of Dhanusha district has also begun providing this service from its office from Sunday, said
Officiating Chief Ram Udar Adhikari.
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security had recently decided to issue
institutional and individual labour permits from all seven provinces from January 8 this year.Adhikari shared that their office would
provide three kinds of services
Firstly, labour permit would be reapproved (renewed) under individual labour permit, while new labour permit will be issued for those
seeking employment abroad for the first time
Furthermore, the office will also approve final labour permit.Earlier, the office had been reapproving (renewing) labour permit under the
individual labour permit.Adhikari said that providing three services related to labour permit from their office had ended the compulsion of
service-seekers to travel to Kathmandu for the same.Like in Kathmandu, token system will be implemented for the Labour and Employment Office
Based on the token, the office will provide services to service-seekers as per the details entered online.Officiating Chief Adhikari
explained that around 75 per cent of labour permit tokens could be issued from the Department of Labour and Employment, while the Janakpur
Office could issue 25 per cent of the tokens for labour permit in case of urgency in coordination with the Department.He assured that there
would not be any glitch on their part since they were well-versed with the process of renewal of labour permit
Adhikari, however, admitted that some managerial reforms were needed to render additional services more effectively.A version of this
article appears in the print on January 9, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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