Kathmandu, May 29: The government has decided to increase the monthly dearness allowance to civil servants by Rs 3,000, now reaching Rs 5,000. It was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel while unveiling the budget for the fiscal year, 2025/026 today.
He mentioned that pressure on resource management had hindered increasing salaries of the civil servants. Presenting the annual revenue and expenditure estimate (budget) for the upcoming fiscal year, 2025/026 in the joint session of the federal parliament today, Paudel admitted, “Although there was a need to increase incentives to the civil servants in a timely manner, the pressure on resource made it impossible to increase salaries as expected.”