.  A meeting of the Central Revenue Leakage Control Committee has been held at the Ministry of Finance today.

On the occasion, Home Minister Sudhan Gurung directed the concerned bodies to stop the tendency of blaming one agency and another and to prepare a dedicated action plan to resolve the problems related to revenue leakage.

He directed all the bodies to make full resources and make arrangements for additional infrastructure and equipment at the border points.

Speaking at the meeting, Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle said that the tendency of not working in a mission model is the only reason why an administration which is considered capable of managing big tasks and incidents has not been successful in regular works.

He presented a clear roadmap for the government to carry out regular works in the task model, to adopt a policy to reduce the revenue rate and expand the scope for revenue growth and to focus on systemic reforms. Spokesperson of the Ministry, Tanka Prasad Pandey, said that the government will create an environment conducive for tax compliance and to attract individuals, groups and classes involved in smuggling towards self-employment and entrepreneurship through the state policies.

The meeting also decided to reduce the number of non-filer taxpayers, to work in a way that shows results from today, to settle the issues related to tax disputes at the earliest, to emphasize on capacity development of bodies and human resources involved in controlling revenue leakage and to continue systemic reforms

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Chief of Revenue Management Division under the Ministry of Finance, Uttar Kumar Khatri apprised the meeting about the current status of revenue, areas prone to revenue leakage, role of bodies concerned to control revenue leakage and challenges in controlling revenue leakage. He also made a presentation on the future course of action.

During the discussion, the department chiefs apprised the minister about the efforts and problems made by their respective bodies to control revenue leakage.

Home Minister Sudhan Gurung, member of the House of Representatives Sushil Khadka, secretaries at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, secretaries of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, secretaries of the interior, secretaries of the Revenue, Inspector General of Police, Chief Investigation Officer of the National Investigation Department, Additional Inspector General of Nepal Police, Director General of Department of Customs, Director General of Inland Revenue Department, Director General of Department of Revenue Investigation and Director General of Department of Money Laundering Investigation were present in the meeting.