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Fri, March 29, 2024

NRNA welcomes social security scheme for migrant workers

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KATHMANDU: Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has said launching of social security scheme targeting Nepali migrant workers and those who are self-employed in foreign countries was a great achievement. After the beginning of the process to include Nepali migrant workers and those who are self-employed in foreign countries in the social security scheme, the NRNA shared that the important issue the NRNA had been raising for a long time has now been addressed. Reminding the situation that female workers get less remuneration as compared to male workers in and outside the country, the NRNA drew the government's attention that the situation should be taken into account while incorporating it into the scheme. The door for the workers to be affiliated with the Social Security Fund (SSF) is open after the fund started enlisting workers based on contribution along with pension facility, NRNA mentioned. Executive President of NRNA, Rabina Thapa, said the SSF has decided to launch the social security scheme based on contribution, where migrant workers get facilities along with pension. This was also a result of continuous efforts of NRNA and cooperation with the government and we expect that more than four million Nepali migrant workers and their families will be benefitted from the scheme, she added. Stating that the initiative they had taken for a long has now been materialised, another NRNA President Kul Acharya thanked the government of Nepal and bodies concerned for the same. Meanwhile, the NRNA is preparing to run an awareness programme regarding affiliation to social security schemes in Malaysia and Qatar from April 7 to 9. By RSS READ ALSO:
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