KATHMANDU, June 12: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Raj Bista Tuesday said that Nepal will be rid of child labor in the next seven years.

“Nepal has prepared ‘National Master Plan on the Elimination of Child Labor’ with the aim to end child labor by 2082 B.S. The Master Plan will get approved in some days” he said addressing a morning procession organized on the occasion of World Day against Child Labor, 2018 jointly by the Ministry and various non-governmental organizations.

Saying the government is committed to ensuring the rights of children to education and healthy lifestyle, he said all stakeholders, communities, civil society, non-governmental and governmental organizations should join hands to eliminate child labor. RSS

KATHMANDU, April 28: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Gokarna Bista, has said the government is responsible for working on the safety and health issues of workers as per the international standard.

Inaugurating the ’18th National Occupational Safety and Health Week -2075 BS’ organized by the Department of Labor, amidst a program on Saturday, the Minister assured of effective role by government bodies to strictly implement provisions for occupational safety and health of labor community.

He took the time to give his word for making corrections of incomplete provisions to further ensure the rights of workers. The Minister insisted on the need of combined efforts among all the people concerned to see improvements in the occupational safety and health of workers.

Prior to this, the Department held a morning rally which was attended by a large number of people including trade unions representatives, students of technical colleges and employers. The rally that was originated from the local Basantapur concluded upon reaching the Tundikhel. RSS

GULMI, Dec 9: CPN-UML’s candidate and party secretary Gokarna Bista has been elected as the federal parliament member from Gulmi constituency-2. Bista garnered 34,618 votes to defeat Nepali Congress candidate Chandra Bahadur KC who got 20,157 votes.