Although the Finance Ministry proposed reducing the vehicle maintenance allowance on July 9, the Finance Division sent a letter to the Public Administration Ministry on Thursday afternoon asking it not to take any further action on the proposal.
As a result, the monthly vehicle maintenance allowance will remain at Tk50,000.
Meanwhile, an inter-ministerial meeting of stakeholders from the Armed Forces Division, Election Commission, Judicial Service and other agencies was scheduled for 3:30 pm on Thursday. However, according to sources in the Ministry of Public Administration, the meeting has been postponed.
Eligible government officials were receiving interest-free loans worth Tk3 million to purchase vehicles. The government closed that facility on 9 July. Officials who purchased vehicles through those interest-free loans also receive a monthly vehicle maintenance allowance of Tk50,000 from the government.