The cabinet has endorsed the proposal forwarded by the Finance Ministry for the upward revision of allowance of government employees working in customs and taxes.

According to The Kathmandu Post, these staff members, as per the new policy, will be entitled to an extra payment of up to 200 percent of basic salary depending on their performance in collecting revenue.

The cabinet meet decided to implement the increment from November 16. The new policy will be implemented at all 22 custom offices under the Inland Revenue Department (IRD).

Nevertheless, it is learnt that employees working at the central level of the IRD and the Department of Customs (DoC) will not be enjoying this performance-based incentive as they are nor directly engaged in collecting revenue. nepalnews.com nd Dec 3 08