The government has announced to deposit Social Security Fund (SSF) contribution of employee and their employers on salary of employees for the lockdown period. In his speech of the Federal Budget for FY2020/21, Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada said the government will deposit the money into the respective SSF accounts of the employees.
The government in March had decided to deposit the SSF contribution of 158,509 employees of private sector companies and I/NGOs associated with the fund.