Karnali Province MPs Successfully Reinstated Personal Secretary Facility
Summary
Karnali Province MPs have secured the reinstatement of personal secretary facilities after repeatedly pressuring the provincial government. The cabinet decided to restore the allowance from July of the current fiscal year, while the province chief’s secretariat remains dissolved to save public funds.
Key Points
- Karnali Province MPs had been demanding restoration of personal secretary facilities after their salaries were stopped following a federal decision to abolish them.
- The provincial cabinet decided on Wednesday to provide personal secretaries to MPs according to the rules, with payments to resume from July of the current financial year.
- Some lawmakers argued that ministers should not receive personal secretaries if MPs are denied the same facility, and several MPs were said to have appointed relatives as secretaries.
- Karnali Province Chief Yagnaraj Joshi had already dissolved his secretariat, saving about 5 million rupees annually in the state treasury.
