Nepal plans to fill 149,090 police posts ahead of the March polls, with each recruit paid roughly US$280 for 40 days of service – a princely sum where per capita gross national income in 2025 was US$1,404, according to a UN monitoring report.
More than 839,000 Nepalis left the country of 30 million to work abroad last year, according to government data.
And 82 per cent of the country’s workforce is in informal employment, the World Bank says.
The temporary officers will be tasked with managing queues at polling stations, carrying ballot boxes and other logistical duties.
“Sunday was a public holiday but so many people, most (of them) youths, were queuing outside police stations with great excitement,” police spokesman Kafle told AFP.
There were queues across all 77 districts to fill the application form on Monday, he said.
Many of the young applicants would be participating in their first election as a temporary police officers.
“I used to work in a hotel as a cook, but I am jobless now,” Nischal Poudel, 30, told AFP from an application queue in Kathmandu.
“Only God knows if I will be selected, but now that I’ve applied and I am sure something good will happen.”
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