Incident Reports

NRB employees picket governor's office over unfair promotion

2021-02-07

Employees of Nepal Rastra Bank have protested against the promotion of junior employees, they have picketed the governor's office and also submitted the protest letters.

They alleged that Jagdish Kumar, the assistant director who was ranked 60th in the rankings, was promoted to 14th position in the staff promotion process conducted on the basis of internal evaluation a few days ago. According to sources, he is close to NRB director Subodh Kumar Karna. Organizations have complained that Jagdish, who failed the written test several times, was promoted under Karna's pressure.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Issues related to policies and regulations internal to the government bureaucracy (e.g. civil servants wages, work conditions and promotions)
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Other state institutions
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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