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Social Security Fund collections reach Rs 129.64 billion by end-Asoj, Bizshala reports

The Social Security Fund had collected Rs 129.64 billion by the end of Asoj, and three in four of its 3.24 million contributors are enrolled through foreign employment, Bizshala reported. Thursday was the last day of the Tihar holiday, so NEPSE was shut and little else was reported.

• The Social Security Fund had collected Rs 129.64 billion by the end of Asoj and paid Rs 22.90 billion in claims, Bizshala reported from the fund's figures.
• Of the fund's 3,243,701 contributors, 2,450,958, or 75.56 percent, are enrolled through foreign employment, according to the same report.
• The Finance Ministry has consented to a National Employment Bill that would fold three labour laws into one, its July to October progress report says, OnlineKhabar reported.