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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)
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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