बिदेशमा बस्ने नेपालीलाई नेपाल सरकारको अत्यन्त जरुरि सूचना सक्दो शेर गरौ

Remittances are playing an increasingly large role in the economies of developing countries like Nepal. According to the Migration and Remittances factbook published by the World Bank, remittances equalled 22.9 percent of Nepal’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) placing it fifth among countries receiving the most remittances in 2010. Despite this dependency on migrant earnings, government procedures to go abroad for employment are not worker-friendly. The new Machine Readable Passports (MRP) being issued by the government are even costlier for Nepali migrant workers. Contrary to popular

expectation, the centralised passport distribution system in Nepal has made MRPs somewhat inaccessible to many aspiring migrant workers.

Nepal is a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and as per its mandatory requirements, the government began issuing MRPs in December 2010, replacing the old hand-written passports.

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