Saroj Bista's Blog

In my previous blog, I mentioned briefly how one participates in the Social Security Scheme based on contribution. It is required that both the employers as well as employees should get listed. Here is what both the parties can do to get listed. However, it is important that the employer initiates to register itself for getting listed.   A detailed user manual is provided by the Social Security Fund here . However, I would try to narrate it to develop a preliminary understanding on what needs to be done: For Employers Login to Social Security Fund Website   For signing up, goto Registration Tab and select Employer Registration , that allows you to fill certain details and receive your Submission Number .   Once you have your Submission Number, you can log in to fill details about your organization The details typically include the following: Name of the employer Employer type Nature of the Employer Classification of Industry   Alert Sourc...

The Contribution-based Social Security Fund is formally announced and launched today in Nepal with a wider ambition to protect the status of workers in Nepal. For the first time, the private sector employees are brought into the consideration of the Government for further security.   The scheme is based on the Act for managing to provide Contribution-based Social Security that was formulated on August 13, 2017.  See its Regulation here .  In this blog, I have provided some of the key characteristics of the Act that has enabled this day to come. In my further blogs, I will be writing more about it.   Dependent Family members identified as follows: Husband or wife Son, daughter-in-law, daughter Father, mother, mother-in-law, father-in-law Grandson or granddaughter No entitlement to social security without contribution Both employer and employees must register to become eligible for the scheme Deposit of contribution on a regular and monthly ba...