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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)
Social
security, labour rules remain pending (ht 09/10/2014)
Experts
urge for need based social security (ht 07/08/2014)
Social
security schemes unlikely soon (ht 27/07/2014)
Social
security: The current social security system is ripe for corruption and
fails to help those most in need, by Tej Prasad Adhikari (kp
30/04/2014)
Something’s
wrong here: Dalits receive their old age allowance at 60 while others
have to wait until they are 70, by Sony K.C. (kp 27/03/2014)
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