The government has announced that the education and health equity fees collected so far will be returned to service users within 15 days.
The government of Nepal is going to refund the education and health equity fees that have been collected so far. According to this decision, the money must be returned to the respective service users within 15 days. A official notice regarding this has been published in the Nepal Gazette on Thursday.
Notice from the Ministry of Finance
According to the notice issued by Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. Ghanshyam Upadhyay, any person or agency that collected this fee must return the amount to the actual payer within 15 days. If they do not refund the money within the given time, that money must be deposited into Federal Consolidated Fund.
Legal Provision and History
This decision to give a full waiver on the education and health equity fee is made by using the authority given under Subsection (1) of Section 18 of the Finance Act of current fiscal year. Previously, Prime Minister Balendra Shah (Balen) had announced to cancel this fee on Shrawan 5. Following his announcement, the Cabinet meeting held on Shrawan 6 made decision to officially abolish the fee.
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