Nepal forms committee to end decade-long dispute over migrant worker fees

A committee has been formed to study the fees Nepali migrant workers are required to pay to manpower companies before going abroad for employment. The committee was constituted under the coordination of Pitambar Ghimire, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Youth, Labour and Employment .

The government formed the study committee to find a long-term solution to the service fee dispute, which has persisted for many years. The committee has been given a deadline of five weeks to submit its report.