Govt targets half a million housewives to be covered under insurance scheme this year

KUALA LUMPUR: The government targets 500,000 housewives nationwide to be covered under the social security insurance scheme by the end of the year, says Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar.

He said that under the Housewives’ Social Security Scheme (SKSSR), which began on Dec 1 last year, more than three million housewives will be covered under the scheme that provides compensation should they be injured or disabled when managing households.