KATHMANDU, AUGUST 9
Parliamentarians of the House of Representatives said that the government should not discriminate among civil employees when it comes to remuneration.
Speaking during special hour of the HoR meeting today, Hridayesh Tripathi said it was wrong of the government to increase salary of some employees by only 15 per cent and some by 26 per cent.
Tripathi further said, "The government has increased the salary of government employees from mid-July.
But there is a doubt. There is a 15 per cent hike in salary for non-gazetted first-class officers and 24 to 26 per cent for non-gazetted ones, due to which the former launched a protest. I want to draw the government's attention to it."
Stating that the Civil Service Act should be issued after promulgation of the constitution, he opined that there were issues in civil service in the absence of the Act.
According to him, in the absence of the Act, Province Public Service Commission could not deliver. "There are eight categories of employees in the local level who are yet to be adjusted completely.
The structure and distribution of Civil Service is faulty."
Similarly, Niradevi Jairu said that the flood in the Saptakoshi River had affected locals there and drew the attention of the government towards that. She also demanded that the garbage in Kathmandu valley be managed properly.
A version of this article appears in the print on August 10, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
