The government has planned to provide social security allowance to as high as 6 million citizens within the coming five years. As planned by the government, social security would be doled out to senior citizens, Dalits, single women, physically challenged people, members of the endangered community, and children from target classes and areas.
Likewise, all Nepalis working at home and abroad, and self-employed would be brought under the ambit of contribution-based social security while the laborers’ record system would be initiated through the Employment Information Centre at the local level under the Prime Minister Employment Programme.
As stated in the government’s common minimum program, the records of the laborers would be maintained and all types of allowances would be hiked based on economic growth and the minimum wage would be made Rs 25,000 per month.
Similarly, efforts would be taken to make foreign employment safe, secure, and dignified, and special efforts would be taken to revise the laws and terms and conditions to ensure the welfare of the Nepali workers working in different countries of destination.
Also, efforts would be taken to shift the status of undocumented migrant workers into documented ones and a hotline service would be put in place to address the issues of Nepali migrant workers.
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