KATHMANDU:- Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Rajendra Singh Bhandari, has said he would scrap the ‘free visa free ticket’, orientation and work procedure within a month.

Minister Bhandari argued such schemes were defrauding the youths going for foreign employment.

All fraudulent schemes like syndicates made in the name of labourers’ rights would be annulled within a month, he said, while addressing a half-year review meeting of the departments and offices under the ministry. He further asserted that labourers were trapped by various work procedures.

Earlier, the Minister had scrapped the health fee imposed on those opting for foreign employment, reasoning that it was excessive. “It is wrong to afflict labourer by showing the policy and rules,” he said, adding that all sorts of syndicates would be dismantled in my own term.

According to him, the ministry itself would conduct free check up of the labourers, pre-departure orientation and issuance of labour permit.

During the review meeting, where the ministry subordinates presented their progress reports, Vice Chair of the National Planning Commission, Dr Prakash Kumar Shrestha, suggested the ministry officials not to overlap the activities by various subordinate bodies. He further recommended the ministry that it stopped allocating budget from different agencies for similar tasks.

Ministry Secretary Deepak Kafle directed the heads of the divisions and departments to speed up the projects which have not gained over 16 percent progress.