Govt likely to raise elderly allowance: Yogesh Bhattarai

Published On: September 1, 2018 12:18 PM NPT


Govt likely to raise elderly allowance: Yogesh Bhattarai
An elderly woman receives her citizenship in this file photo.

TAPLEJUNG, Sept 1: Parliamentarian Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, who also is a central committee member of Nepal Communist Party said that the government was likely to increase elderly allowance to Rs. 5,000 before Dashain festival.

At a press meet at the district's headquarter, Fungling, Bhattarai had said that while a decision was already reached, the raise now rested on an approval from the cabinet of ministers.  He said while the government could not do so in its budget, the government was willing to increase the allowances under a special provision by the cabinet of ministers.

 

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