Kathmandu, Jan. 5 -- Nepal has opened the way for sending workers to Israel's agriculture and home-based caregiving sectors after a Cabinet meeting on Monday approved draft protocols forwarded by the Israeli government.

A Cabinet meeting on Monday endorsed two new protocols-one for employing Nepali agriculture students in Israel's farming sector and another for placing Nepali workers as home-based caregivers for up to five years.

The government also approved amendments to an existing protocol under which workers are currently sent to Israel's long-term care centres (Beit Avot).

With Monday's decision, the signing process for all three protocols can now move ahead.

According to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, re...