Covid-19 Nepal pushes foreign employment agencies, notorious for cheating, to a struggle for existence

Govinda Thapaliya, who used to own a foreign employment recruitment agency named Koshi International Services, has opened an agricultural farm in Kavre of late. He says his recruitment company suffered a lot because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and as a result, he opted for another business. Likewise, Kumar KC of Omega International Pvt Ltd has also opened an agricultural farm in the Godavari.

KC and Thapaliya represent many foreign employment entrepreneurs who have been in a business crisis since the onset of the pandemic. While this pandemic has pushed many businesses towards the crisis, the foreign employment business which is often criticised for cheating Nepali workers is no exception.