19 Chait, Kathmandu. The government is going to conduct a campaign to control revenue leakage.

The Central Revenue Leakage Control Committee meeting held at the Ministry of Finance on Thursday decided to conduct a campaign to stop revenue leakage.

In the meeting, the heads of the relevant agencies informed about the work being done by various departments to prevent revenue leakage.

In the meeting, Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle and Home Minister Sudhan Gurung had directed to adopt a zero tolerance policy to prevent revenue leakage.

Similarly, the joint secretary and spokesperson of the Ministry of Finance, Tank Prasad Pandey, informed that the two ministers have instructed to keep a close watch on the border and focus on market monitoring.

“Honorable Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance have given clear instructions to work with zero tolerance. He has said that the boarders will be kept under close surveillance, and the revenue leakage from anywhere inside and outside the boarders will be effectively controlled, Pandey said.

Spokesperson Pandey said that the meeting ended by forming a task force to reach the revenue target and working with an action plan to make it appear as a win-win and review it in the next meeting.

He also said that the decisions made by the meeting will be sent to the relevant agencies for implementation.

Finance Minister, Home Minister, Head of Department as well as heads of all three security agencies were also present in the meeting.