KATHMANDU, Feb. 13 -- The government has launched the Prime Minister Employment Program (PMEP), on Wednesday.

Amid a function held at City Hall in the capital, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli launched the program. According to the program, a jobless Nepali citizen will get subsistence allowance as well as employment for at least 100 days in a fiscal year. The unemployed person will get vocational and skill-orientated training along with employment-related information.

Under the program, unemployed people between 18 to 59 years of age will be given 100 days of employment in a fiscal year.

With this program, the government will play a role of bridging the gap between available manpower and employment opportunities, he added. He further assu...