Over 260,000 Migrant Workers Join SSF
Kathmandu, July 15: The number of migrant workers to be enrolled in Social Security Fund (SSF) has started increasing. They are workers who have gone for overseas employment after acquiring labour permit, So far, a total of 260,082 migrant workers have joined the social security scheme run by the SSF.
The government had on March 22, 2023 made a provision that migrant workers have to be associated with the Social Security Fund. As per the provision, workers going for overseas employment have to be enlisted in the Fund before acquiring work permit. A total of 423,092 workers of formal sector have been associated with the Fund. Similarly, 639,174 workers including of formal sector and overseas employment sector have been associated with the Fund. The Fund has paid claims of Rs 5 billion to contributors under different social security schemes.
Bibek Panthi, the spokesperson at the Fund, reported that 18,000 employers have also been registered with the Fund, contributing a total of Rs 36.26 billion thus far. The Fund collects a monthly contribution of 11 percent from formal sector workers and 20 percent from employers.
To date, a total of 88,585 contributors have received various entitlements from the Fund. (RSS)
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