Kathmandu, July 10: Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Environment, Gita Chaudhary, has instructed all departments and bodies under the Ministry to work in result oriented manner by expanding youth targeted employment, paid training and volunteer opportunities for youths.
During the meeting with chiefs of Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC), Dairy Development Cooperation, Herbs Production and Processing Company Limited, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology as well as other subordinate departments and bodies today, Minister Chaudhary mentioned that activities should be carried out making the citizens realize about it, as youths have trusted the incumbent government.
She underscored that she was ready to make legal and policy level arrangements for this purpose.
Minister Chaudhary directed the line departments and bodies under the Ministry to prepare details and action plans on how many youths they could provide employment to, paid training and volunteer service, and submit the proposal at the Ministry within this month.
Urging to work in an implementation and result-oriented manner, she stressed the need of developing agriculture, forests and environment sector as an attractive employment sector for youths.
On the occasion, departmental chiefs shared that paid and unpaid programmes as well as volunteer programme are currently being run under their offices across the country.
Though initiatives were taken to involve students in ‘internship’ collaborating with different universities, it has not happened due to some legal provisions, they opined.
