Hetaunda, January 3
The Province 3 government on Thursday has decided to increase the pay and perks of members of executives of municipalities and rural municipalities under its jurisdiction by almost 100 per cent.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers held in the provincial capital, Hetaunda, today made the decision.
Following the decision, a member of the executive of the metropolitan city will get Rs 15,000 a month. It was Rs 8,000 earlier.
Once the new decision comes into effect, the pay will be Rs 13,000, Rs 11,000 and Rs 7,000 for each member of the executive of sub-metropolitan cities, municipalities and rural municipalities respectively. They were receiving Rs 7,500, Rs 7,000 and Rs 6,000 a month respectively till today.
Meanwhile, the meeting appointed Nepal Communist Party leader Jagannath Thapaliya as the political advisor to the Chief Minister Dor Mani Poudel. He was the chairman of the Chitwan district committee of then CPN-UML.
