KATHMANDU, April 5: The Social Security Fund (SSF) has disbursed more than Rs 8 billion to contributors across various schemes. The SSF has paid Rs 8.48 billion to 135,843 contributors till Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 27: The Social Security Fund (SSF) launched by the government five years ago has collected around Rs 44.86 billion from its contributors.

Among the major inflictions rendered by the COVID-19 pandemic globally, changes in the nature of work and preference of work mode have been enormous. According to Statista, a German online platform that specializes in data gathering and visualization, gig work will generate $455 billion in 2023 globally, up 53% from 2020.

In a significant move aimed at bolstering social safety nets, the government has embarked on a mission to extend the coverage of the Social Security Fund (SSF) scheme to informal sector workers and those who are self-employed.

KATHMANDU, June 24: The Social Security Fund (SSF) has distributed nearly Rs 5 billion in claims to contributors under the Social Security Scheme. So far, the SSF has successfully distributed Rs 4.79 billion to contributors through a range of security schemes.

KATHMANDU, March 23: The number of contributors enlisted in the Social Security Fund (SSF) has reached more than 400,000.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista has said that the government is working to make Nepalis happy by improving their living standards through the effective implementation of the Social Security Fund (SSF) program.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: The government has extended the deadline to get registered in a contribution-based Social Security Fund (SSF) by one month.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: Over 8,200 employers have registered themselves with the Social Security Fund (SSF) to enlist their 92,000 employees, as the deadline to private sector firms and establishments to sign up with the contributory-based social security scheme ended on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: A total of 4,790 companies and organizations have registered themselves with the Social Security Fund (SSF), according to the SSF secretariat.

KATHMANDU, Aug 26: Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista has said that Social Security Fund (SSF) scheme should be implemented in all big and small hotels, like everywhere else.

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Private and Boarding School’s Organization Nepal (PABSON) has expressed commitment to bring in its member schools in the newly introduced contributory-based social security fund (SSF) scheme.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Startups are finding it difficult to participate in the contribution-based Social Security Fund (SSF) scheme that the government made mandatory from the current fiscal year.