March 23: The number of contributors enlisted in Social Security Fund has reached more than 400,000.    
Around 430,000 workers have been enlisted in the fund within four years of the launch of the Social Security Scheme. The government had launched the Social Security Scheme on November 27, 2018.    
The fund has recorded the highest number of contributors from Bagmati Province with 307,718 contributors.    
Similarly, 38,957 workers from Koshi Province are enlisted in the fund while 21,258 are from Madhes Province, 15,241 from Gandaki Province, 14,099 from Lumbini Province, 1,529 from Sudurpaschim Province and 1,228 from Karnali Province.    
The fund has set a target to enlist 500,000 workers within the end of the current fiscal year. Around 17,739 employers are associated with the fund.    
The fund has collected Rs 30.11 billion so far. It has paid claim of Rs 2.83 billion to the contributors under various schemes. The fund has been expanding social security area in recent period.    
The fund, which has been incorporating the workers of informal sector in the scheme, has started enlisting Nepali migrant workers and those who are self-employed in foreign lands in the fund from Wednesday. -- RSS