April 27: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has directed the customs employees to work honestly and transparently. 

After inspecting Biratnagar Customs Office on Thursday, Finance Minister Mahat said, "You are in sensitive service like revenue collection of the state. No one has rights to misuse their responsibilities or carry out illegal activities”. 

Clarifying that the government would not excuse the trend of customs leakage, Minister Mahat expressed confidence that customs officials would do better in the coming days for revenue collection. 

Mahat said that the evaluation of the employees would be done on the basis of their performance.The Finance Minister opined that he had expected a significant increment in the recovery of customs with the end of current fiscal year. 

Mahat also asked authorities concerned not to put taxpayers in unnecessary trouble in the name of increasing revenue.

Finance Minister Mahat called the customs employees to work with transparency and build easy and conducive environment for service recipients. “Our job is to deliver services in a hassle-free and convenient manner,” Mahat held. --RSS