May 30: The government has announced an increase in the salary of civil servants for the upcoming fiscal year. Presenting the budget on Wednesday (May 29) for the fiscal year 2019/20, Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada stated that the salary of gazetted staffers will augment by 18 while the same of non-gazetted will be hiked by 20 per cent.
The salary of non-gazetted officers will be increased by 20 percent while that of the gazetted officers will be hiked by 18 percent.
The civil servants include government employees, security personnel, teachers and state-owned corporation staffers.
With the latest increase in salary, the chief secretary will get Rs 65,136, the government secretaries 60,675 and the joint secretaries Rs 47,377. Similarly, Rs 40, 378 and Rs 35,990 will be received by under-secretaries and section officers respectively. Other non-gazetted officers will get between Rs 26,000 and Rs 28,000 whereas the salary of officer helper will be between Rs 19,000 and Rs 26,000
According to Minister Khatiwada, the increment will help boost the morale and productivity of the civil servants, thereby leading to effective public service delivery.
The government has increased the salary of the civil servants after a gap of three years. It was during the premiership of current Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in 2073 that the salary of the civil servants had last been increased.
