Section 27
Salary And Allowance
(1) A civil employee shall be entitled to salary and allowance from the day of assumption of his/her post.
(1a) There shall be a salary and allowance review committee as follows, so as to review the salary, allowance and
other facilities of the civil employee:
(a) Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal -Chairperson
(b) Secretary, Ministry of Finance -Member
(c) Secretary Ministry of General Administration -Member
(1b) The salary and allowance review committee shall, each year, recommend to the Government of Nepal a dear allowance based on the consumer price index. The committee shall, in every three years, review the salary, allowance and other facilities, based on, inter alia, the revenue increase rate, total number of positions and the dear allowance provided based on the price index in the last three years. The committee may set other procedures on its own.
(1c) The committee referred to in Sub-section (1a) may constitute a sub-committee as per necessity and may invite any concerned area expert and stakeholder to attend its meeting for suggestion.
(1d) The secretariat function pursuant to Sub-section (1a) shall be carried out by the Ministry of General Administration.
(2) The Government of Nepal shall, also based on the recommendation referred to in Sub-section (1a), each year provide the civil employee with an allowance in a sum not exceeding Seventy Five percent of the consumer price index increasing each year. In a year where the allowance so provided is in excess of Twenty Five percent or more of the basic pay scale, Twenty Five percent amount shall be adjusted in the salary scale and the rest amount provided as an allowance.
(3) Except in the circumstances stipulated in Section 29 or 60, after the commencement of this Act, each civil employee shall be entitled to an increment in salary ? as prescribed, upon completion of one year of service. In so prescribing the increment in salary, the number of increment in salary shall be adjusted in a manner that is not less than the amount being received by the employee. In the event of withholding of increment in salary of any
civil employee, the concerned official must mention in writing on which date the increment in salary is to be sanctioned.
(1a) There shall be a salary and allowance review committee as follows, so as to review the salary, allowance and
other facilities of the civil employee:
(a) Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal -Chairperson
(b) Secretary, Ministry of Finance -Member
(c) Secretary Ministry of General Administration -Member
(1b) The salary and allowance review committee shall, each year, recommend to the Government of Nepal a dear allowance based on the consumer price index. The committee shall, in every three years, review the salary, allowance and other facilities, based on, inter alia, the revenue increase rate, total number of positions and the dear allowance provided based on the price index in the last three years. The committee may set other procedures on its own.
(1c) The committee referred to in Sub-section (1a) may constitute a sub-committee as per necessity and may invite any concerned area expert and stakeholder to attend its meeting for suggestion.
(1d) The secretariat function pursuant to Sub-section (1a) shall be carried out by the Ministry of General Administration.
(2) The Government of Nepal shall, also based on the recommendation referred to in Sub-section (1a), each year provide the civil employee with an allowance in a sum not exceeding Seventy Five percent of the consumer price index increasing each year. In a year where the allowance so provided is in excess of Twenty Five percent or more of the basic pay scale, Twenty Five percent amount shall be adjusted in the salary scale and the rest amount provided as an allowance.
(3) Except in the circumstances stipulated in Section 29 or 60, after the commencement of this Act, each civil employee shall be entitled to an increment in salary ? as prescribed, upon completion of one year of service. In so prescribing the increment in salary, the number of increment in salary shall be adjusted in a manner that is not less than the amount being received by the employee. In the event of withholding of increment in salary of any
civil employee, the concerned official must mention in writing on which date the increment in salary is to be sanctioned.