Govt targets half a million housewives for Socso in 2023

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is looking at covering 500,000 housewives nationwide under the social protection scheme by the end of the year, said Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar.

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