Kathmandu. Everest Bank and Citizen Investment Trust have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for managing and operating the retirement fund of the bank’s employees. The agreement was signed by NF Director Nabaraj Khadka and the bank’s Chief Financial Officer Rajan Kayastha.

As per the agreement, the gratuity fund and additional retirement fund will be managed and implemented by the bank’s permanent, temporary and contractual employees based on their contribution or non-contribution.

The fund will prepare a personal account of the participating employees, provide identity cards, update the account as per the amount and details received from the bank and pay the retirement amount to the retired employees on the recommendation of the bank.

In addition, the employee will get interest, return and other additional facilities earned from the amount contributed to the fund as per the rules of the fund. According to the agreement, the existing amount of employees in the retirement fund approved as per the Income Tax Act, 2058 BS and the existing loans will be transferred to the fund and adjusted.