Kathmandu. It has also been proposed to pay driver’s salary to the employees who drive government vehicles themselves. This provision has been made in the draft of the ‘Directive on Vehicle Management of Government Employees, 2083’, prepared to manage the facilities of government employees and government expenditure.

According to the bill, a high-ranking employee will be entitled to an amount equal to the salary of a driver if he drives his own vehicle (approximately 26,000 to 29,000).

The draft states that this provision will be applicable to the Chief Secretary, Secretary and Joint Secretary or equivalent employees. They will be able to choose between hiring a driver or driving the vehicle themselves.

This provision will not only apply to government vehicles but also to privately owned vehicles.

Similarly, it has been proposed to give the same amount as the driver’s salary to the officer to drive the vehicle himself, as well as the fuel and maintenance cost of the vehicle in cash. In the draft, it has been proposed to give an annual fuel cost of Rs 1,40,000 and Rs 1 lakh for the maintenance cost for the officers of the rank of Chief Secretary and Secretary, Rs 1,20,000 for the officers of the rank of Joint Secretary and Rs 75,000 for the maintenance cost.