KATHMANDU: Israel has told the Nepal government and foreign employment agencies here to elaborate the code of conduct (CoC) they submitted if they want the ban on Nepali blue-collar jobseekers lifted. Israel imposed the ban on April 24 after finding 1,000 Nepalis working there illegally.

Director general of the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) Mohan Krishna Sapkota said Israel wants to know how the CoC will be implemented. DoFE is preparing an action plan to send trained manpower at low service fees.

Responding to Israeli queries, the Ministry of Labour and Transport Management (MoLTM) and foreign employment agencies had submitted a 19-point CoC last month, promising to reduce service fee to $3,400 per head.

Around 500 Nepali migrant women workers are affected by the Israeli decision. At least 10,000 Nepali women are working there as care-givers on a monthly salary of Rs 60,000 each.

Israel wants that a high-level Nepali team should visit to monitor Nepali labourers’ condition. “Israel has asked for a high-level team headed by the labour minister to visit there, but it is not possible right now,” said Sapkota. The political turmoil has affected the whole process as the Minister for Labour Transport Management is yet to be appointed.