Policy Gaps in Contributory Social

Protection Policy of Nepal

Kriti Raj Subedi
Introduction
• Contributory Social Protection Policy was issued in 2017.

• The primary aim of the act is to reduce the increasing financial burden
of the government in a non-contributory social protection programs

• The Government of Nepal has been providing non-contributory social

protection program both Social assistance and Social insurance
Policy Gaps
• Overlapping Policies:
• Provident fund
• Citizen Investment Fund
• Coverage:
• Informal Sector
• Private sector
• Contribution Gap:
• 11 percent contribution from employer and 20 percent from employee
• Addressing the Vulnerabilities:
• 'Horizontal inequality' - historical and structural inequalities such as caste and
ethnicity, gender, geography lead vulnerabilities
Research Questions
• What are the policy gaps in Contribution Based Social Security Act
2017?
• Why the number of employees' enlistment in the CBSSA is lower than
the government aimed?
• What are the policy recommendations for improving the Contribution
Based Social Security Program?
Conceptual Framework
• 1) Protective; 2) Preventive; 3) Promotive and 4) Transformational

• Policy overlaps Theory:

• Social Protection policies and Informal sector:

• Standard Threshold for Employer contribution:

Methodology
• Policy Reviews

• Literature reviews

• Consultations
Policy Review
• Informal Sector

• Coverage
Policy Analysis
• Overlapping Policies:
• Provident fund
• Citizen Investment Fund
• Coverage:
• Informal Sector
• Private sector
• Contribution Gap:
• 11 percent contribution from employer and 20 percent from employee
• Addressing the Vulnerabilities:
• 'Horizontal inequality' - historical and structural inequalities such as caste and
ethnicity, gender, geography lead vulnerabilities
Conclusion and Recommendations
• The act is based on the populism and has many policy holes

• It excludes informal and private workers

• There are several existing social protection policies

• Big gap in contribution from the employee

• It does not have any provision to address the horizontal inequality