Social Protection in Nepal  : Current Status, Major Concerns

Our constitution has provisioned that getting allowances is the people's right under social protection provisions. Senior citizens, the poor, the Dalits, the helpless, people with disabilities and with severe forms of disabilities, single women, and endangered caste are entitled to receive social allowances as per the fiscal programme of the government of Nepal. The Nepali charter ensures social protection as a fundamental right to reduce poverty and vulnerability in Article 34.