The government has decided to increase the salary of civil servants by six per cent for non-gazetted staff and four per cent for gazetted officers and provide a dearness allowance of Rs 1200 to employees of all level, Sunday. A late night cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar decided on the ratio of the increment. Earlier, the cabinet had, in principle, agreed to hike the pay of civil servants. Civil servants, under the leadership of unions affiliated to various political parties, have been agitating since the announcement of budget for fiscal year 2009/2010 demanding a substantial pay-hike. Whether they will agree with the meager pay hike is not known yet.
The cabinet has also decided to provide public welfare advertisements to electronic media too and double the amount earmarked for the purpose to Rs 160 million. Earlier, such advertisements were provided only to print media. Today's cabinet meeting also decided to set up a Journalist Welfare Fund of Rs 10 million to support needy senior journalists and handicapped journalists.
source:nepalnews.com
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