Kathmandu. The government has started paying the employees within 15 days. According to the Ministry of Finance, the pilot project has been implemented from today (Wednesday) .

Finance Minister during a program organized at the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday. Swarnim Wagle has started the work of paying salaries to the employees within 15 days. Finance Minister Wagle has started the process of paying the employees of the Auditor General in 15 days by sending payment order to the Office of the Treasury and Financial Comptroller General through the computerized Government Accounting System (SIGAS).

With this order of the Finance Minister, the employees of the Ministry of Finance have received the salary of half-monthly (15 days) for the first month of Baisakh. Finance Minister Dr. Yubaraj Khatiwada inaugurates salary payment in 15 days Swarnim Wagle said that the government has taken this decision to make the economy dynamic.

He also thanked the Financial Comptroller General for completing the technical preparations within 11 days of the decision of the Ministry and working hard to pay the salary within 15 days. On the occasion, Financial Comptroller General Shobhakanta Poudel said that the government employees of the province and other services will also get their salary in 15 days. Stating that his office is technically ready to pay the salary within 15 days, he said that it will be taken forward gradually.

According to him, the current system of can be paid for 15 days or one month at the same time as the employee demands salary. He said that paying salaries to employees on a half-monthly basis will create regular demand in the market and keep the economy moving. 

Controller General Poudel said that it will also spread the distribution of consumption expenditure evenly and increase the cash flow of small entrepreneurs.He said that the payment of salary in 15 days is expected to have a positive impact on the service business and increase the digital economy. On April 4, the Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle had decided to implement the work of paying salaries to government employees every 15 days as a pilot project.