The way has been opened for the government to document the provision of welfare services to Nepali workers working in the Indian labor market. The Cabinet meeting held on Sunday passed the National Labor Migration Policy-2082 on the proposal of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security.

This policy has opened the way to bring Nepalis who are going to work in the Indian labor market into labor migration. Now, to include the Nepali workers going to work in India in the labor immigration system, data will be collected and managed through employment service centers at the local level.

The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has established employment service centers at every local level. Officer-level coordinators are working in this center. Currently, employment coordinators have been placed in 667 levels out of 753.  

"For the protection of the rights of Nepali workers going to work in India, a suitable model will be created and gradually incorporated according to the law, similar to the existing foreign employment welfare fund," the policy reads, "Nepali workers going to India will be provided with information and information through the local level." Among them, about 37 percent are in the Gulf countries and 34 percent are in India. According to the latest National Labor Survey, about 969,000 Nepali workers are working in India.

The Foreign Employment Act-2064 and Foreign Employment Policy-068, which were introduced to allow Nepali workers to go abroad for employment in a systematic manner, did not address the issue of employment in India. According to the new policy, workers going to work in India will be included in social security programs and facilities through the Social Security Fund.

'In addition to the lack of statistics of Nepali workers working in India, sufficient initiatives have not been taken for their welfare. There has not been a detailed study on Nepali workers in India," Labor Minister Saratsingh Bhandari said. "This policy identifies workers going to India. It ensures that workers and their families get social security. The ministry will create the necessary laws to implement it.

Labor Minister Bhandari said programs will be made for sustainable and effective reintegration of workers returning from India. According to national statistics, most of the job seekers in India are from very low income families. Middle and high income families tend to look for work in major destination countries other than India.

Anil Pariyar from Achham working in the industrial city of Mumbai said that he came to India due to lack of money even though he wanted to go to the Gulf and Malaysia. It costs two to four lakh rupees only to go to the Gulf and Malaysia. We don't trust anyone with a loan,' he said. 

The open border with India, as the people of village acquaintances keep coming and going, the traditional sign with the Indian labor market is connected. Since the cost is low and the risk is also low, there is a compulsion to depend on Indian jobs for young people in the western part of the country, even if it is at a low salary.

Although many Nepalis are established in the Indian labor market, India is becoming the only option for poor families to get employment at a low cost. "Even though Mumbai did not give us much money, it helped us to pay off the debt incurred in the house," he said.

According to migrant organizations active in India, there are three types of Nepali jobs in India. First, wage laborers and janitors are included. Domestic workers, janitors and informal sector workers who work on daily wages are the most numerous. Second - the middle class who have taken the ration card and have property in both Nepal and India. The third is formal employment in government and large industrial factories in India.

An informal survey has shown that 80 percent of the Nepali workers in India are involved in low-income wage labor, canteens, restaurants and liquor contracts, domestic workers and janitorial work. About 10 percent are in formal employment. 7 percent have property in both Nepal and India.

The then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had announced on January 11, 2073 that insurance facilities would be provided to all adult citizens going to India. For this, a study team including representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Labor submitted a report with procedures. That report has not been made public. Before that, on 12th June 2071, the Foreign Employment Board decided to form an expert team to study the employment situation in India.

Similarly, a task force led by Krishnahari Pushkar, the then director general of the labor department (currently the labor secretary), formed in January 2070 to organize the work of the foreign employment department, was suggested to organize India-centric movement and Indian employment. These announcements and suggestions have not yet been implemented.