Kathmandu, 9 August: The additional pay increments extended from officers to secretaries by stealth has been withdrawn. The Ministry of Finance has decided not to implement this decision immediately after the employees protested against the increase in salary based on the instructions given by the Industry and Commerce and Labor and Consumer Affairs Committee of the Parliament. Through the budget speech, the government had increased the salary of all government employees by 15 percent, but the salary of section officer to secretary was increased by 24 percent covertly and sent to all government offices by the Finance Ministry for the implementation on Sunday. Following massive protest by the junior employees on Monday, Finance Ministry withdrew its decision. People's News Monitoring Service