Budget allocates Rs3.63 billion for labour sector, focuses on safer foreign employment and skills development

Government announces zero-cost migration measures, remittance investment schemes, rescue support for stranded workers and programmes for returnee migrants.

The government has allocated Rs3.63 billion to the labour and employment sector in the budget for fiscal year 2026-27, introducing a series of programmes focused on safer foreign employment, skills development, migrant welfare and remittance mobilisation.