Sunday, June 8, 2025
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
Radio LIVE

Jobs are available: PM tells hundreds of job seekers

June 25, 2014
in Uncategorized
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

PM-Guaranteed Employment Programme-GEPThe Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, said there are enough jobs in the market if the youth are willing to take it up. He was speaking at the launch of the Guaranteed Employment Programme (GEP), where hundreds of hopeful job seekers had turned up, today.

GEP replaces Unemployment Benefit Scheme; one of the pledges of PDP government.

The Ministry of Labor and Human Resources will implement three different schemes under the GEP: direct employment, provide employment skills and overseas employment.

The programme will focus on economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, Hydropower, tourism, ICT, health, education and training. It will also target financial services, production and manufacturing, and automobile, among others.

Once employed under the programme, the government will provide a minimum of Nu. 7,500 and the rest will have to be borne by the employers.

The scheme is for unemployed university graduates and class 12 and 10 graduates.

The government will provide the financial support for two years.

A total of Nu. 5.50 million will be allocated from the Economic Stimulus Plan package under the special support scheme.

To kick start the programme, a contract agreement between some of the employers and the employees was signed.

Today, the youth unemployment stands at 9.6 percent, which means 4,500 youth between 15-24 years are unemployed. More than 1,00,000 job seekers are expected to enter the job market by the end of 11th FYP.  The government will have to create 82,000 jobs to achieve full employment status of 97.5 percent.

Previous Post

Cervical cancer; among leading cause of death of Bhutanese women

Next Post

Bhutan well ahead of schedule to phase out HCFC

Next Post

Bhutan well ahead of schedule to phase out HCFC

DNT asks the government to reconsider salary hike

Tsamdro and Sokshing: Leasing a traditional livelihood

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Monk body expresses gratitude to His Majesty

Monk body expresses gratitude to His Majesty

6 years ago
2
Introduction of electronic Patient Information System (ePIS) delayed

Introduction of electronic Patient Information System (ePIS) delayed

8 years ago
10

Unlicensed driver dies in road fatality

12 years ago
1

National Trademark Award sees only three applicants

3 years ago
3

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (14)
  • Agriculture (426)
  • Announcement (174)
  • Audience Survey Report (1)
  • Business (744)
  • Crime/Legal (367)
  • Culture (47)
  • Development (51)
  • Disaster (57)
  • Economy (278)
  • Education (413)
  • Entertainment (13)
  • Environment (61)
  • Feature (65)
  • Featured (6)
  • Festival (78)
  • GMC (14)
  • Headlines (9)
  • Health (622)
  • Legal (52)
  • Literature (9)
  • Livestock (75)
  • Media (25)
  • Other Stories (5,574)
  • Politics (419)
  • RCSC (1)
  • Recent stories (5)
  • Religion (45)
  • Sci/Tech (709)
  • Social (516)
  • Sports (449)
  • Technology (190)
  • Tourism (19)
  • Uncategorized (13,866)
  • Video (136)
  • Video Story (249)
  • Wildlife (42)

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Tender Announcement Vacancy Announcement

POPULAR NEWS

  • BPC’s investigation rules out transformer short circuit as Damchhu forest fire cause

    Viral video of Bhutanese man assaulted by locals and police in Jaigaon sparks safety concerns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gelephu Mindfulness City opens recruitment drive for Bhutanese professionals

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Newspaper accuses DPT candidate of political ploy

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 40 companies risk closure over failure to submit financial reports

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
BBSCL

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) is Bhutan’s primary national broadcaster, delivering diverse news and entertainment in multiple languages, fostering cultural understanding and public knowledge.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Phuentshogling Thromde installs reverse vending machine to promote recycling
  • Fixed deposit interest to be taxed at 10% under proposed Income Tax Bill
  • Yonphula Specialised Rehabilitation School to open next month
  • RMA to roll out seven new measures for loan repayment support
  • National Housing Strategy to be ready by September

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Audience Survey Report
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.