KMC to link unemployed people to jobs through Labour Bank

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has planned to link unemployed people to employment using the Labour Bank.

Issuing a notice, KMC has urged the unemployed citizens within the metropolis to link up with the Labour Bank.

The KMC stated that the bank will be operated to give continuity to the supply of workforce to the metropolis for social development, infrastructure building, repair and maintenance, heritage preservation, environmental conservation and maintaining the urban system.

According to KMC, the bank also has the objective of working as a link for the supply of the workforce registered with it to other governmental, non-governmental organisations and private sector. The operation of the Labour Bank is a part of the metropolis' Golden Plan that is included in the KMC's annual policies and programmes for the fiscal year 2023/24.

KMC hopes that the operation of this scheme will increase the access of the unemployed labour force to employment opportunities. This will promote a labour culture in the country and help stem the migration of the youth workforce to foreign employment.

The metropolis has urged the citizens of Kathmandu, who wish to work within the metropolis in the current fiscal year, to fill in a designated form and submit it to the Employment Service Centre at the metropolis or the ward where they live in.

The metropolis has stated that the labourers will be paid based on the approved labour rate while assigning them for part-time or daily wage labour in the current fiscal year. It is said the people from KMC will be given special preference for employment.