CA members to consume 300 million in monthly perks

CA members to consume 300 mln in monthly perks
Telegraph Nepal, 3-May08

A latest report published in the Naya Patrika(NP) Daily states that more than 3 crore rupees are required per month for the salary of the Constituent Assembly members in Nepal for the coming two years period during which the CA is to draft a new constitution.

All the 601 members of the CA will receive in total 45 thousand 98 rupees each per month adds NP daily. A colossal amount by any means for a poor and donor driven country like Nepal.

The president of the Constituent Assembly will however, receive net salary of 28 thousand 8 hundred rupees plus 29 thousand rupees for the purpose of the home rent, 2 thousand 5 hundred in miscellaneous, newspaper cost 3 hundred rupees and 2 hundred fifty liters of petrol per month.

Similarly, the vice president of the CA is fixed 24 thousand 3 hundred rupees as a monthly salary. The vice president will receive 6 thousand 7 hundred rupees for the drinking water and electricity purposes; home rent 10 thousand rupees, miscellaneous 1 thousand seven hundred; news papers 3 hundred rupees; petrol 2 hundred liters.

The members of the CA will receive 23 thousand one hundred net salaries; Drinking Water & Electricity one thousand 2 hundred forty eight rupees; Telephone cost 2 thousand rupees; home rent 6 thousand; miscellaneous 1 thousand and newspapers 3 hundred rupees per month.

They CA meeting is to be convened at the BICC (Birendra International Convention Center) at New Baneshwor. The government has already earmarked 1 crore 38 Lakh rupees for replacing old chairs and tables by new ones and repairing the microphones.

At today’s market price, the petrol costs 89 rupees per litre.

The road to a new Nepal thus begins.