Kathmandu, Nov. 27 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki has urged the private sector not to take the social security of their workers and employees as a burden. Addressing a ceremony organized at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar on Thursday on the occasion of the Eighth Social Security Day, she requested that social security for workers be taken as a matter of dignity.

Stating that social justice is not possible without comprehensive social security, Prime Minister Karki said that in a country like Nepal, contribution-based social security programs must be implemented effectively to balance inter-generational costs and ensure equity. "Through successful implementation, those who 'have' will systematic...