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Expand Scope Of Social Security Fund, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 03/12/2024)

NFC recommends pension for farmers (ae 27/11/2024)

Finance Minister hints at expanding scope of social security (kh 26/11/2024), Social Security Minister pledges to address hurdles in operating SSF effectively (kh 26/11/2024)

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)

Documents / Websites

World Bank: Doing Business, Statistical data for Nepal. Washington, 25 October 2016

World Bank. Nepal Development Update: Remittances at Risk, May 2016

Worldbank: Nepal

International Monetary Fund: Nepal

Asian Development Bank: Nepal

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)

Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM)


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