KATHMANDU, March 27 -- Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has initiated extensive changes at the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Three weeks after taking over the ministry as the Minister for Finance, Pun changed the directors general of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and the Department of Customs (DoC) as well as the heads of the divisions within the MoF.

IRD and DoC are considered powerful agencies operating under the MoF. Joint Secretary Shiva Lal Tiwari has been appointed as the new Director General of IRD.

In order to appoint Tiwari as the Director General, Pun transferred the previous director general of IRD, Dr Bhupal Baral, who was appointed to the position just two months ago by former Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat, to the ...