Civil Service Day being observed today

KATHMANDU: Civil Service Day is being observed across the country by organizing various programs on Friday.

Although it has been already 60 years since the formation of civil service in Nepal, this Day has been formally started to be celebrated from September 7, 2005.

A government led by the then Prime Minister Tanka Prasad Acharya on    September 7, 2013, had introduced the Civil Service Act and Nepal formally started celebrating this Day from 2062 on this very day every year.

There are around 83,000 civil servants in the country.

The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration is organizing various programs today to celebrate the Day.

A morning rally is going to be organized this morning and some civil servants are going to be awarded on this occasion. RSS