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Move to lower eligibility age for elderly allowance to cost over Rs15 billion

Government expenditure for social security allowances to nearly double in two years.Move to lower eligibility age for elderly allowance to cost over Rs15 billion
Senior citizens wait outside a bank in Bajura to collect their social security allowance in this photo taken earlier this year. Post File Photo
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Prithvi Man Shrestha
Published at : July 5, 2022
Updated at : July 5, 2022 07:45
Kathmandu

Prithvi Man Shrestha

Prithvi Man Shrestha is a political reporter for The Kathmandu Post, covering the governance-related issues including corruption and irregularities in the government machinery. Before joining The Kathmandu Post in 2009, he worked at nepalnews.com and Rising Nepal primarily covering the issues of political and economic affairs for three years.


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