|
Govt health
insurance
program
expands to
cover 30% of
Nepal’s
population
(kh
05/11/2024)
Give A Boost To Health
Insurance,
by Uttam
Maharjan (rn
01/10/2024)
Senior
citizens now
eligible for
50% healthcare
discount at 64
hospitals
across Nepal
(kh
19/09/2024)
Govt
will be unable
to provide old
age allowance
in 10 years:
Health
Minister
Paudel
(rep
18/09/2024)
National
ID not
mandatory for
Social
Security
allowance: SC
(kh
25/08/2024)
Half-a-million
elderly obtained National ID in a month despite
government’s U-turn : Earlier, after public
backlash, the government reversed its June 6
decision to require National ID for social
security allowances, by Purushottam Poudel
(kp 20/08/2024)
Government
backtracks on plan to make National ID cards
mandatory for social security allowance :
Cabinet meeting extends terms of two
transitional justice commissions until mid-July
2025 (kp 12/07/2024)
Improving
health insurance coverage : A
national health financing system
should ensure every citizen can
access healthcare when needed,
by Pallavi Koirala (kp 13/06/2024)
National
ID card mandatory for social
security allowance (rn
13/06/2024) [And
what about the millions of
people who are denied
citizenship by the state for
reasons of patriarchal thinking?],
Plan
to make
National ID
cards
mandatory
draws flak :
MPs say
government has
terrorised
citizens by
introducing
the rule in
haste.
Department
official
defends the
move (kp
14/06/2024)
3.8
million Nepalis receive Social Security
allowance (kh 27/05/2024), Elderly
in outlying Achham villages trek up to three
days to collect social security allowances :
Efforts by some local units to distribute
allowances from ward offices have faced
challenges owing to resource crunch and poor
internet, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 27/05/2024)
Prioritise
Job And Social Security, by Lok Nath
Bhusal (rn 01/05/2024)
Strengthen
Social Security Scheme, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 16/04/2024)
Health
insurance participants to cover 20% of treatment
costs (kh 14/04/2024)
Pokhara
sees rise of tourist inflow (kh 08/04/2024)
SSF
distributes Rs 8.48 billion to 135,843
contributors (rep 05/04/2024)
KMC
to start health insurance program from mid-May
(rep 26/03/2024)
Setting
Priorities For Social Protection, by Lok
Nath Bhusal (rn 09/03/2024)
Government
short of Rs25 billion to pay pensions : Pension
management office seeks more funds from finance
ministry, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/03/2024)
Social
security beneficiaries down by almost
200,000 : Electronic fund transfers have
reduced duplication, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 02/03/2024)
Inmates
at central jail now covered by health insurance
(kh 29/02/2024)
Strengthening
social security : Family support is vital in
promoting happiness and satisfaction of the
elderly, by Sabina Sitaula (kp 22/02/2024)
Ambukhareni
joins Social Security Fund (kh 21/01/2024)
Implications
of 10% co-payment requirement in health
insurance (kh 15/01/2024), HIB
reduces ticket fees after implementing the
co-payment system (rep 18/01/2024)
Insured
will have to bear some of the treatment cost
from January 15 : Only 16 percent of Nepal’s
population is covered by government’s health
insurance scheme (kp 28/12/2023), Leave
it alone : By imposing a co-payment system, the
government is all set to sabotage its health
insurance scheme (kp 29/12/2023)
A
look into social security of the government of
Nepal : While social protection allocation has
increased steadily over the years i.e. 26.71% in
the fiscal year 2020/21, 19.52% in the fiscal
year 2021/22, and 34.1% in the fiscal year
2022/23, the economic growth rate has remained
stagnant, by Aarashi Ghimire (nlt
07/12/2023)
SSF’s
sixth anniversary overshadowed by challenges and
unfulfilled promises (kh 28/11/2023)
SSF
boasts over 900,000 contributors as it turns six
: Although the SSF had set a target of enrolling
30,000 employers by 2022/23, it only reached
19,439. Likewise, it had set a target of
enrolling 500,000 contributors by 2022/23, but
it easily surpassed this goal. It has enrolled
928,493 contributors so far (ae 28/11/2023)
Social
security allowance distributed at beneficiaries’
doorsteps (kh 20/10/2023)
Social
Protection Ensures Human Rights, by Lok Nath
Bhusal (rn 13/10/2023)
Elderly
beneficiaries of social security allowance rose
by 300,000 last fiscal : Mounting cost raises
concern about scheme’s sustainability, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/09/2023)
Sustainable
Social Security Protection for GIG Workers,
by Sadichchha Silwal. Swikriti Kutal and Milan
Jung Katuwal (rep 05/09/2023)
Govt
preparing to bring informal sector workers under
social security scheme (rep 02/09/2023)
ocial
Security For Better Society, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 29/08/2023)
Coverage
extended to informal workers and self-employed :
The Social Security Fund currently enlists
700,000 formal sector employees and migrant
workers, by Subin Adhikari (kp 17/08/2023),
Social
security program for informal sector workers and
self-employed launched (ae 17/08/2023)
Social
security allowance under scrutiny as financial
burden increases (rep 10/08/2023)
216,000
migrant workers join Social Security Fund
(rep 15/07/2023)
Informal
sector workers to be included in Social Security
Fund (ht 13/07/2023)
Migrant
workers face hassles to enrol in social security
scheme : Labour migration researchers have
questioned the rationale behind starting a
scheme without adequate preparations, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 18/04/2023)
Social
Security Fund inks pacts with 44 hospitals
(ht 08/04/2023)
Economic
Value Of Social Security, by Sudan Kumar Oli
(rn 06/04/2023)
Social
Security Fund comprises 430,000 contributors
(rn 23/03/2023), New
SSF scheme to cover 4mn migrant workers (ht
23/03/2023)
Migrant
workers being included in social security scheme
(kh 23/03/2023), Migrant
workers enlisted in social security scheme : The
scheme which covered only formal private sector
workers has been expanded to migrant workers and
self-employed persons abroad, by Pawan
Pandey (kp 23/03/2023)
Workers
in state-owned tea gardens to be enrolled in
social security fund : There are around 40
permanent and more than 150 seasonal workers in
such plantations, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
28/02/2023)
Elderly
seek easy access to allowance cash : Most banks
are located at town centres and those from
outlying areas have to travel long distances to
collect the mone, by DR Pant (kp 10/02/2023)
An
integrated social registry for Nepal : Social
protection programmes cover about a third of the
population but are yet to reach all the poor and
vulnerable, by Faris Hadad-Zervos and
Lynne Sherburne-Benz (kp 10/02/2023)
Pension
office short of Rs20 billion as liabilities soar
amid drop in revenues : With government
allocating less than the required budget, the
office seeks extra Rs17 billion from finance
ministry, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
23/01/2023)
Sustainable
health insurance for all : The new government
should follow the constitutional directive of
access to free basic health services, by
Pushpa Raj Joshi (kp 13/01/2023)
Despite
resource crunch, parties keep on increasing
social security beneficiaries (ae
11/01/2023)
National
Records Office begins e-pension scheme (kh
08/01/2023)
Social
security extended to migrants, informal workers
and self-employed : According to the Social
Security Fund, 381,000 employees and 17,535
employers in the private sector are currently
enrolled in the scheme, by Pawan Pandey (kp
23/12/2022)
Limi
locals deprived of social security grants for 17
months : More than 200 beneficiaries haven’t
been able to reach the bank to verify their KYC
applications and hence haven’t been able to
collect the money, by Janak Bahadur Shahi
(kp 18/12/2022) [??!!]
Significance
Of Social Security : Evidences show that
children in the families getting elderly
allowances are having better education
and health outcomes in Nepal, too,
by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 18/12/2022)
Pension
and populism : The parties must rethink
how long they can go on emptying the
state coffers through cash handouts
(kp 08/12/2022)
Social
security to cover informal sector,
Nepali migrant workers abroad (kh
28/11/2022)
Extending
Social Protection For All, by Lok
Nath Bhusal (rn 25/11/2022)
Only
17 percent of Nepalis covered by social
protection benefit, ILO says : In Asia-Pacific,
only 44.1 percent people on average have access
to at least one social protection benefit,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 01/09/2022)
Revamp
Social Health Insurance, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 23/08/2022)
Local
levels doing little to check duplication : Dual
payments made to beneficiaries who had similar
citizenship numbers and date of birth (ht
29/07/2022)
Khaptad
Chhededaha starts distributing social security
allowance from ward offices : Service initiated
as senior citizens, people with disabilities
from remote areas had to walk for hours to reach
nearest bank, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
24/07/2022)
Life
insurance companies earn Rs 139 billion in
premium last fiscal (kh 21/07/2022)
Move
to lower eligibility age for elderly allowance
to cost over Rs15 billion : Government
expenditure for social security allowances to
nearly double in two years, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/07/2022)
Social
security allowance at your doorsteps through
mobile banking, by Lalit Bista (rep
03/07/2022)
Social
Security Fund pays out about Rs 1.5 billion to
contributors (kh 18/06/2022)
Enforce
Farmers’ Pension Scheme, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 14/06/2022)
Social
security is guaranteed to self-employed workers:
Minister Shrestha (kh 14/06/2022)
Rautes
receive social security allowance (rep
01/06/2022)
Old
Age Allowance: Govt preparing to lower minimum
eligible age to 65 yrs, by Dilip Poudel (rep
24/05/2022)
Social
protection : Rampant child labour means families
receive no allowances, or even if they do, the
money is too little (ht 20/05/2022)
More
than 7,000 insured canceled their life insurance
policies in the first nine months of current FY
(rep 13/05/2022)
Health
insurance must be an election agenda : Nepal’s
health insurance program is due for urgent
reform, or it risks being obsolete, by Gaj B
Gurung (nt 13/05/2022)
Social
security system in Nepal: Protection at what
cost?, by Prakash Maharjan (nlt 09/05/2022)
Temal
Provides Social Security Allowance To Single Men,
by Madhusudhan Timhalsina (rn 14/04/2022)
Government’s
health insurance scheme fails to retain
subscribers : Only 20 percent of the total
population is covered by the scheme and dropout
rate is high owing to poor service delivery at
healthcare institutions, by Arjun Poudel (kp
09/04/2022), Health
insurance policyholders bear the brunt of
payment arrears by authority : Hospitals curtail
services to those covered by health insurance
owing to delay in payment by insurance board,
by Madhab Aryal (kp 10/04/2022)
Single
women, men to get allowances (kh 12/02/2022)
More
local levels using bank to distribute social
security allowance (ht 11/02/2022)
reparation
underway to incorporate family members of
migrant workers in health insurance scheme
(rep 21/01/2022)
Senior
citizens’ ordeal to get social security
allowance : Government might recall allowances
deposited into bank accounts if they don’t
present themselves. For some of the senior
citizens, it takes up to two days to reach the
bank from their homes, by Gopal Sharma (ae
16/12/2021)
Informal
Sector Workers Will Be Covered Under Social
Security Fund: Minister Shrestha (rn
28/11/2021)
Social
security allowance through camps (kh
11/10/2021)
Social
security allowance : Call to curb fake
beneficiaries, duplication (ht 16/09/2021),
Make
it systematic : It is imperative to ensure
banking services in all the local levels to make
the social security scheme more systematic
(ht 17/09/2021)
Government
to honour beneficiaries who shun social security
allowance voluntarily (ht 04/09/2021)
Government
mulls options to ease growing burden of social
security allowances : Observers call for
alternatives even as safety net for the elderly,
poor, vulnerable and needy is state’s
responsibility, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/08/2021)
SC
issues interim order against SSF, asks
authorities to stop listing pvt sector employees
by force (rep 04/08/2021)
Making
a mess of social security : Employers and
employees rightly do not trust the new Social
Security Fund, by Achyut Wagle (kp
06/07/2021)
Bankers
protest against being ‘forcibly’ taken to SSF
(rep 30/06/2021)
Construction
workers step up demand for social securityAs per
labour rights groups’ estimates, there are
nearly 2.5 million construction workers in the
country working in unsafe conditions and without
social security, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/06/2021)
'Practical
issues in implementing social security schemes'
(ht 02/05/2021)
Day-Long
Queue For Allowance (rn 18/04/2021)
Government
again asks companies, workers to enrol under
social security scheme : As response to the
scheme has remained sluggish even after two
years of its rollout, the government is
considering taking action against employers who
do not comply, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
12/04/2021)
Authorities
told to give allowance through bank (ht
31/03/2021)
Health
Insurance Reaches 77 Districts (rn
29/03/2021)
Revising
Pension Scheme in Nepal, by Nitish Lal
Shrestha (ht 17/03/2021)
More
funds released for social security allowances :
Single women below 60, partially disabled and
pensioners of foreign government services are
among those who will benefit from the funds,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/03/2021)
SSF
Scheme Should Cover More Areas, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 23/02/2021)
Government
amends Social Security Scheme rules to attract
workers : Officials hope expanded protection for
workers and more options will attract people to
join the contribution-based social security
scheme, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/02/221)
Upgrading
Health Centres Must For Health Insurance Scheme,
by Nayak Paudel (rn 13/02/2021)
Employers
found missing social security scheme’s monthly
premium deadline, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 28/01/2021)
Rising
social security allowance costs cast doubt on
sustainability of scheme : Number of
beneficiaries doubles in 10 years, could cover
30 percent of population if all entitled are
included, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/01/2021), Social
insecurity : Nepal’s social security schemes do
not work for the intended
beneficiaries, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
12/01/2021), Welfare
cheque : Social security schemes should be
equitable and sustainable (kp 13/01/2021)
Credit
facilities rolled out to woo workers, employers
into joining social security scheme :
Contributors will soon be able to avail loan
under various categories, say officials as they
try to assuage public concerns about the fund,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 04/12/2020)
Finance
Ministry tells Beema Samiti to provide Covid-19
insurance payment within 3 days (rep
03/12/2020)
Two
years on, social security scheme fails to gather
momentum : Labour groups doubt government and
employers are committed to implementing scheme,
want informal workers included, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 27/11/2020)
Council
of trade unions slams employers (ht
27/11/2020)
Banking
channel mandatory for distribution of social
security allowance (ht 11/2020)
Beema
Samiti To Present Details About Corona Insurance,
by Keshab Raj Paudel (rn 09/11/2020)
Settle
COVID insurance claims within a week: IB (ht
04/11/2020)
Authorities
told to release social security allowance
(ht 16/10/2020)
Government
reduces insurance premium subsidy for its credit
programmes (kp 15/10/2020)
Single
women, disabled may be deprived of social
security allowance in Dashain : Amendment to the
Social Security Act to ensure benefits to the
deprived groups is yet to be passed by
Parliament, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/10/2020), Those
deprived of social security may get financial
assistance, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/10/2020)
Only
279 COVID insurance claims settled (ht
04/09/2020)
Half
of beneficiaries could be deprived of social
security money: As per the social security
regulation, renewal of identity cards is a must
by mid-August even during pandemic, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/08/2020)
Social
Welfare Council once again asks nonprofits to
join social security scheme: Possible
discontinuation of contributions to the fund
once their staffers are out of their jobs is
their main concern, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 17/08/2020)
Revised
regulation in Security Allowance Act hangs
single helpless women out to dry: The new
regulation issued by the Department of National
ID and Civil Registration to exclude single
women below 60 years of age from receiving the
Helpless Single Woman Allowance, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 29/05/2020)
Social
security allowance won’t be discontinued:
Minister Gurung (rn 23/05/2020), NHRC
urges government not to curtail social security
allowance (ht 24/05/2020)
No
hike in old age allowance, civil servants’
salary (ht 23/05/2020)
Citizen
Investment Trust starts pension scheme,
including for migrants (ht 18/03/2020)
144,000
workers join social security scheme (rep
10/02/2020)
I/NGOs
want clarity concerning temporary staff in
government’s social security programme: The
council says the enrolment numbers will grow
after all outstanding concerns are addressed,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/01/2020)
Locals
picket RM office over social security allowance
(ht 01/01/2020)
Govt
to review Social Security Fund guidelines
(ht 24/12/2019)
Not
ready to participate in social security fund,
says N-PABSON chair (ht 22/12/2019)
MoLESS
tries to allay doubts about SSF (ht
20/12/2019)
Senior
citizens, single women and people with
disabilities deprived of social security
allowance in Siraha: They have been protesting
in front of the Bhagawanpur Rural Municipality
office for the past two days, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp 19/12/2019)
BFIs
against mandatory participation in social scheme
(ht 16/12/2019)
Elderly,
disabled deprived of social security allowance
(ht 07/12/2019)
Why
Nepal's social security scheme has failed to
take off: Employers are apprehensive about
signing up to the programme, workers are not
fully aware of the scheme, and the government
has failed to convince contributors, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/12/2019)
The
government’s year-old social security scheme is
a mess: Arbitrary actions, confusing policies
and opaque management will throttle investments
and economic growth, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
03/12/2019)
Govt
to extend deadline for SSF registration (ht
02/12/2019)
Labour
rights groups question sluggish progress of
Social Security Scheme: One year after the
implementation of the ambitious scheme, only
11,000 employers have registered in the
government programme, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 28/11/2019)
Karnali
Province fails to implement accidental insurance
scheme, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
27/11/2019)
Private
sector firms are warming up to
Contribution-based Social Security Scheme:
Cooperatives and private schools pledged to sign
up after the government announced a loan
programme for registered contributors, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/11/2019)
Government
offers loans to lure workers to Social Security
Scheme: After a lukewarm response to the
contribution-based Social Security Scheme, the
government has come forward with up to Rs10
million in loans to workers, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 10/11/2019)
Bankers
agree to join social security programme (ht
08/11/2019)
Govt-backed
health insurance scheme covers more than 26,000
in Khotang (rep 31/10/2019)
Government
gives one-month extension for registration under
the contribution-based Social Security scheme: A
contributor can also get social, educational and
housing loans from the Social Security Fund,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/10/2019)
Irregularities
in social allowance (ht 23/10/2019)
Leaving
no one behind: Nepal’s social protection schemes
have contributed to addressing vulnerabilities
associated with different stages of life but
access to social protection remains uneven and
uncoordinated, by Elke Wisch and Faris
Hadad-Zervos (rep 22/10/2019)
Farmers
to get pension: Khanal (ht 18/10/2019)
Enrolments
under government’s social security scheme
abysmally below target: Around 6,000 private
sector firms and over 90,000 workers registered
before Thursday’s deadline, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 18/10/2019), Majority
of companies fail to register at SSF (ht
18/10/2019)
Around
6,000 employers registered at SSF so far (ht
17/10/2019)
Over
50,000 workers listed in social security fund:
4,790 firms sign up for mandatory SSF a month
before the deadline for registration (rep
12/09/2019)
Labour
rights groups question employers’ commitment to
social security scheme: Even months after
rolling out the scheme, registration has been
low, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/08/2019), The
government needs to urge the private sector to
sign up for Social Security Scheme: After much
fanfare during the launch, there are few takers
for the programme (kp 27/08/2019)
PABSON
pledges to rope in member schools to SSF fold
(rep 24/08/2019)
The
Social Security Fund: Good intentions, lousy
planning: The scheme needs to be improved and
fine-tuned to remove inconsistencies, by
Sushrey Nepal (kp 23/08/2019)
Two
separate institutions to handle pensions of
government employees: Pension Management Fund to
oversee regular pensioners while Employees
Provident Fund to manage contribution-based
pension fund, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/08/2019)
Social
protection in Nepal: Spending on social security
has reached more than 3.5 percent of the gross
domestic product, by Chandra Ghimire (kp
08/08/2019)
Disabled
senior citizens have to travel far to get social
security allowance: The government has made it
mandatory for beneficiaries to receive their
allowance through banks, by Abadesh Kumar
Jha (kp 29/07/2019)
Response
To Social Security Plan, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 25/07/2019)
Red
tape’s repercussions: Social Security Allowance
finally distributed after nine months in Mugu:
The government allocates a monthly allowance of
Rs 400 to children below five years, Rs 1, 000
to single women and people between 60 to 70
years, and Rs 2,000 to people over the age of 70
and to the completely disabled, by Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 23/07/2019)
Govt
staff allowed to purchase social security
schemes from EPF, CIT, by Umesh Poudel (ht
18/07/2019)
Business
fraternity slams govt policy (ht 18/07/2019)
Nearly
3,500 firms registered at SSF till date (ht
11/07/2019)
Health
insurance mandatory for migrant workers (ht
26/06/2019)
Senior
citizens welcome increase in allowance, but say
they are not fully happy: Government has
increased senior citizen allowance by Rs 1,000,
by Anup Ojha (kp 30/05/2019)
No
sustenance allowance for unemployed this year,
by Nikeeta Gautam (rep 27/05/2019)
Nepal
Stock Exchange expands electronic settlement
system: Investors now can conduct electronic
transfers via any member bank by paying a fee,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 23/05/2019)
Govt
to provide health insurance worth Rs 1 lakh
(ht 19/05/2019)
Social
security scheme to be implemented from
July 17 (ht 17/05/2019)
Implementing
Social Security Fund, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
16/05/2019)
Social
security fund: Firms asked to register details
by this fiscal year (ht 06/05/2019)
Social
security allowances not distributed for six
months, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 04/05/2019)
Social
security
scheme, after being launched with a pomp,
receives lukewarm response: The number of firms
registered for the plan so far is negligible,
officials say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/05/2019)
Senior
citizens, disabled people get social security
grant at their doorsteps, by Pratap Bista
(kp 23/04/2019)
Health
insurance fails to attract Baitadi folk, by
Tripti Shahi (kp 19/04/2019)
Funds
collected
for social security schemes already spent:
Finance ministry refuses to transfer Rs 22
billion collected over the previous eight years
to Social Security Fund (rep 17/04/2019)
Government
targets 50 percent insurance coverage in 5 years,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 08/04/2019)
Deceased
govt officials’ kin to be entitled to full
pension, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 27/03/2019)
Private
schools
say they can’t chip in to government’s social
security plan: Contribution-based benefit scheme
is not feasible for small and middle level
schools, say educators, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/03/2019)
Senior
citizens face hardships to collect social
security benefit, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
27/02/2019)
Lawmakers
demand health insurance for all (ht
27/02/2019)
Enrolment
in
social security scheme remains low as deadline
expires for Valley: 1,620 firms
registered nationwide, with 1,243 in
Province 3, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/02/2019)
PM
Employment
Programme draws mixed reactions: Failure to
implement the scheme effectively may make it a
huge fiscal burden, experts say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 15/02/2019)
Life
sustainability allowance only for genuinely
unemployed people (ht 14/02/2019)
Government
faces hurdle to operate Social Security Fund,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 13/02/2019)
Unemployed
to get Rs 22,417 per annum (ht 12/02/2019)
More
employers
join social security programmes to protect
workers: Over 700 business firms, representing
the formal private sector, sign up for the
scheme, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/01/2019), 625
firms register at Social Security Fund (ht
29/01/2019)
Bill
obliges children to deposit certain percentage
of salary in parents’ account, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 13/01/2019)
Taking
away
employee welfare fund from companies enrage
employees: Workers shall get lower salary while
cost of doing business rises for companies,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 01/01/2019)
Social
security allowance distribution affected (ht
28/12/2018)
Homeowners
insurance rate to drop in January, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 24/12/2018)
Nearly
200
private firms register for Social Security
Schemes: Officials say private companies joining
the programme is an encouraging sign, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/12/2018), 194
firms register at Social Security Fund (ht
10/12/2018)
Social
insecurity, by Om Astha Rai (nt 07/12/2018)
Social
Security: Prospects & Challenges, by
Uttam Maharjan (rn 06/12/2018)
Moving
beyond paper: Everything looks promising on
paper until we get to work, by Sujeev Shakya
(kp 04/12/2018)
Waiting
for the pay-off: The success of the Social
Security Scheme depends on how effectively it is
implemented, by Chandan Sapkota (kp
03/12/2018)
Launching
of Social Security Scheme: Nepali Congress slams
Oli government’s publicity stunt, by Sanjay
Lama (kp 03/12/2018)
Govt’s
Social Security Plan, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
01/12/2018)
Social
insecurity, by Om Astha Rai (nt 30/11/2018)
Govt
to unveil Social Security Scheme today, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 27/11/2018), Pricey
publicity stunt obscures much-hyped social
security policy, by Bibek Subedi and Anil
Giri (kp 28/11/2018), The
cult of KP: Social security scheme should
reflect in government’s policies—not in its
posters (kp 28/11/2018), Ambitious
scheme:
While SSF will provide lifelong benefit to
private sector employees, the business
community may find it hard to
sustain its growth (ht 28/11/2018), ‘Social
Security Fund a historical achievement’ (ht
28/11/2018)
Nabil
offers Rs 300,000 health insurance for saving
account holders (rep 26/11/2018)
Ambitious
social security scheme ready for private sector
workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
24/11/2018)
Social
security schemes on cards for private sector
workers, by Umesh Poudel (ht 15/11/2018)
Allowance
distribution: Roving Rautes receive payout,
by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 14/10/2018)
Medical
insurance getting popular in Jumla, by DB
Buda (rep 24/09/2018)
Ensuring
Social Security, by Hari Bahadur Thapa (rn
20/09/2018)
Social
security allowance misused in Rautahat: Money
disbursed in the names of persons long dead
(ht 19/09/2018)
No
social security for foreign job pensioners: New
rule bars Nepali citizens receiving monetary
benefits from foreign services (kp
06/09/2018)
Surge
in pension payments drains government coffers
(kp 02/09/2018)
Bill
bars pensioners from receiving security
allowances (rep 29/08/2018)
New
bill seeks to guarantee social security of
citizens (ht 26/08/2018)
Jobless
citizens to get sustenance allowance (kp
24/08/2018), Govt
distributing subsistence allowance to unemployed
citizens, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 29/08/2018)
Government
mulls social security scheme for migrant Nepali
workers, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 16/08/2018)
Contributory
pension scheme proposed, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 07/08/2018), Bill
on
pension fund 2018: Government shifting to
contributory pension scheme; New bill proposes
deducting six percent of salary of government
staff for pension fund (rep 07/08/2018)
Scheme
attracts people with chronic conditions, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 06/08/2018)
Govt
proposes
120-day jobless allowance: Will be provided to
those in 18 to 60 age group if they’re looking
for job, but have not found one, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 06/08/2018)
Health
insurance plan yet to cover 38 districts in
Nepal (kp 07/06/2018)
Govt
renews
bid for contributory pension: Federal Admin
Restructuring Committee had suggested the change
saying the old system was not sustainable,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/05/2018)
Retd
support employees of public schools demand
pension (ht 02/05/2018)
Health
insurance in Nepal, by Saroj Nepal (ht
02/05/2018)
Senior
citizens want allowance delivered at home,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 03/04/2018)
Govt
'shelves' decision to reduce age threshold for
elderly allowance (rep 02/04/2018)
Annual
budget for pensions to touch Rs 300 billion in
10 years, by Ayam Shrestha (rep 01/04/2018)
Insurance
board frets over lapse ratio (ht 01/04/2018)
Balance
Between Insurer, State & Individual, by
Jennifer Thielen (rn 07/03/2018)
Rolpa
locals deprived of allowance since eight months
(rep 22/02/2018)
Political
will must for farmers’ pension scheme (ht
17/02/2018)
Citizens
can now claim elderly allowance at 65 (kp
25/01/2018)
NSU
for students’ health insurance (kp
09/01/2018)
Few
people opt for health insurance in Ilam: Only
27,000 people out of 290,000 have health
insurance in the district, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 06/01/2018)
Insurance
benefits:
All sorts of communicative tools need to be
mobilized to disseminate insurance policy
related information to the general public,
by Ruka Pandey (rep 06/01/2018)
SHSDC
plans to increase health insurance coverage
amount (ht 25/11/2017)
Health
insurance made mandatory for all (ht
05/11/2017)
Health
insurance bill: Way forward, by Nirmal
Kandel (ht 27/10/2017)
ICTF
to spend 60pc health care budget on kidney
diseases (ht 26/10/2017)
Elderly
elated
to get allowance at home: Although the
government had introduced the allowance for the
welfare of senior citizens, they had to struggle
a lot for the little amoount, by Yogesh
Rawal (rep 24/10/2017)
Novel
scheme:
Implementation of the health insurance scheme
will not be easy. It will not be sufficient to
cover the health related problems of a family
(ht 23/10/2017)
Addressing
roadblocks:
Preparation is required to ensure possible
challenges to the Health Insurance Bill do not
hamper sustainability of health coverage, by
Nirmal Kandel (kp 19/10/2017)
Govt
to expand health insurance programme in 14 more
districts (ht 18/10/2017)
House
nod to landmark bill to ensure universal health
care, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/10/2017), Landmark
bill:
The federal, provincial and local level
governments are required to bear insurance
premium of poor and marginalized families
(ht 12/10/2017)
Health
for all: We need rich debates to identify
insurance structures that best suit individual
provinces in new federal setup, by Bhagirath
Yogi and Pramod R. Regmi (rep 08/10/2017)
Around
Rs 240mln released under SSA scheme in Tanahu
(ht 02/10/2017)
Revolving
Social Security Fund from Nov 13: Employers will
have to deposit funds every month in SSF, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 21/09/2017)
Govt
to spend Rs 45bn on pension this fiscal: Plans
to launch contributory pension scheme, by
Sabin Mishra (ht 04/09/2017), Discriminatory
scheme:
The bureaucrats who have played a key role in
drafting the bill have only looked after their
petty interests (ht 05/09/2017)
Health
insurance coverage could surge significantly,
by Sabin Mishra (ht 25/08/2017)
Focus
on implementation: Labour and social security
laws should be properly enforced to create
win-win situation (kp 22/08/2017)
Health
insurance bill forwarded to House panel (kp
18/08/2017)
Government
mulling over contributory pension scheme (ht
15/08/2017)
Health
insurance bill in House (kp 07/08/2017)
Welfare
sum for migrant workers’ kin doubled, by
Sabin Mishra (ht 01/08/2017), Migrant
workers will now pay up to Rs 2,500 into welfare
fund (rep 01/08/2017), Money
for misuse: Migrant Workers’ Welfare Fund
(rep 02/08/2017)
Health
insurance
intricacies: Universal health care in Nepal need
not be a pipe dream if there is a sound and
actionable legal framework in place, by
Manoj Bhattarai (kp 30/07/2017)
Draft
social security plan for poor families finalised
(kp 29/07/2017)
Parliament
passes Social Security Bill (kp 25/07/2017)
Govt
revises
welfare schemes for migrants: Compensation to
families of deceased workers doubled; Workers
suffering from grave illness and severe injuries
are also covered by the government’s new welfare
programme (kp 18/07/2017)
Govt
policies
help life insurance sector growth (ht
08/07/2017)
Something
to
be proud of Social security allowances can be an
important vehicle for strengthening social
contract between state and citizens, by Subindra
Bogati and Rasmus Schjoedt (kp 07/07/2017)
Get
insured:
Recently-introduced health insurance scheme will
not succeed without people’s understanding and
participation, by Kahar Singh Khadka (kp
06/07/2017)
Distribute
social
security allowance without delay, DoCR tells
local levels (ht 01/06/2017)
Musahars
deprived of allowance for not having toilets,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 01/07/2017)
Local
units cannot spend grant on social security
allowance: MoFALD (rep 01/06/2017)
Health
insurance coverage for all within 3 years: Govt
(rep 30/05/2017)
Social
security
allowance: Elderly, children face inconvinence
(ht 25/05/2017)
Expansion
of
health insurance coverage challenging: Gagan
Thapa (ht 13/05/2017)
'Labor
Bill, Social Security Bill crucial to improve
laborer-employer relation' (rep 02/05/2017)
Govt
proposes mandatory health insurance for
orphanages, child rehabs (rep 29/04/2017)
Govt
plans
to increase succour for cancer care (kp
18/04/2017)
‘A
major
area where we are working on is to bring health
insurance policy’, interview with Chiranjibi
Chapagain, chairman of the Insurance Board (ht
17/04/2017)
Universal
health
coverage: Draft bill sent for deliberation
(kp 13/04/2017), Government
endorses
health insurance bill (ht 13/04/2017), Health
insurance:
Since there would be much benefit accruing from
the draft Health Insurance Bill, all the
stakeholders should see to it that it is
implemented (ht 14/04/2017)
Social
security allowance not distributed since the
past six months, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep
11/04/2017)
Govt
set
to launch health insurance (ht 06/04/2017)
Foreign
insurers
told to maintain capital fund (kp
05/04/2017)
Paid-up
capital requirement for insurance cos hiked by 4
times, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 01/04/2017), Insurers
told
to raise paid-up capital by 4 times (kp
02/04/2017)
Govt
plans
streamlined access to social benefits (kp
31/03/2017)
Elderly
denied
social security allowance (ht 31/03/2017)
Migrants,
family
members to get treatment support: Aid in cases
of chronic ailments like cancer, Parkinson’s,
Alzheimer’s or kidney and heart diseases (kp
28/03/2017)
Local
levels
told to distribute social security allowance
(ht 22/03/2017)
Non-life
insurers still to settle 25 percent of
quake-related claims (rep 13/03/2017)
Digitization
of social allowance in progress, by Ruhee
Shrestha (rep 11/03/2017)
Credit
where
it is due: Govt is making strides in providing
social security nets for migrant workers, but
more has to be done (kp 03/03/2017)
Insurance
policy
for migrants on anvil (kp 14/02/2017)
Farm
insurance
premium collection jumps 65 percent: Considering
agricultural sector’s contribution to the
economy, premium collection indicates low
penetration of farm insurance scheme (kp
13/03/2017)
Health
cover:
The initiative taken by the government and IB
will greatly address the concerns of all migrant
workers employed in harsh climatic and hazardous
conditions (ht 13/02/2017)
New
insurance
policy for migrants from today (ht
12/02/2017)
Yield-based
insurance
scheme available for spring paddy cultivators
(kp 08/02/2017)
Karnali
locals not happy with 20 kg rice, by DB Buda
(rep 04/02/2017)
Nutrition
allowance
scheme boosts birth registration, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 02/02/2017)
Life
insurance:
For a secure future, by Sashin Shrestha (ht
02/02/2017)
Govt
to
enrol kin of migrant workers into health
insurance (kp 29/01/2017)
Health
insurance:
Failure to identify poor affects plan, by
Manish Gautam (kp 25/01/2017)
Insurance
to
double for migrant workers: PM (kp
25/01/2017), Insurance
for
migrant workers raised, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 25/01/2017), More
insurance,
welfare plan for migrant workers unveiled: A
migrant worker to get up to Rs 2.7 million under
social welfare and insurance (rep
25/01/2017), A
laudable effort: Govt should convince migrant
workers of the benefits of the new
insurance provisions (kp 26/01/2017)
Insurance
agents
resume work after IB raises cap (kp
16/01/2017)
IB
boss
Chapagain vows to find friendly solution: Life
insurance agents have stopped issuing new
policies for more than a month (kp
12/01/2017)
Chapagain
at
the helm of Insurance Board (ht 03/01/2017)
Curbs
on
incentives: Life insurance agents halt new
policy issuance (kp 22/12/2016)
Economically
weak,
underprivileged families deprived of health
insurance in Kailali (ht 13/12/2016)
Insurance
Board
reduces premium for private cars (kp
12/12/2016)
Needs
of
the poor: Implement findings; The poor families
should be provided identity cards that will
enable them to receive ‘social security
allowance’ and ‘compulsory health insurance’.
This allowance can be used by the poor for total
health care, by Vikash Raj Satyal (ht
01/12/2016)
Ensuring
proper
insurance: This earthquake is a lesson to review
how homes and businesses should be insured, by
Sahina Shrestha (nt 09/10/2015)
Extending
Social Protection As A Recovery Strategy, by
Lok Nath Bhusal (rn 30/06/2015) |
