Nepalese government employee find hard to sustain

Comparing the market cost and salary of government employee of Nepal, it is very hard to sustain basic life. However, in general, it looks that everyone is living their normal life. It also seems that no one is having problem with the market cost. How is it so? This week, I just tried to compare myself with the normal budget of average earning, living and expenditure, it does not match. The salary of government employee is as follows:

Post (Nepali term in parenthesis)	Salary in Nepalese Rupees
Secretary (Sachib)	23000
Associate Secretary (Saha-sachib)	18000
Assistant Secretary (Upa-sachib)	15200
Section Officer (Adhikrit)	13450
Officer (Nayab subba)	9490
Head Clerk (Kharidar)	8290
Senior Clerk (Mukhiya)	7560
Junior Clerk (Bahidar)	7000
Clerk (Peon)	6600

Let's calculate the expenditure for a month of an average life standard Nepali. Suppose s/he is married and have two school going children. Though Nepalese live in a joint family and earner member of the family has to look after all the other members, it is not considered here.

Particular	Minimum cost in Nepalese Rupees
Housing (3-4 rooms)	5000
School fee per month for 2 children	6000
Cooking gas (1 cylinder)	1500
Electricity, telephone, mobile, TV cable bills	1500
Local travel expenses (Lump sum)	1500
Rice (25 kg at Rs 60)	1500
Dal (10 kg at Rs 100)	1000
Cooking oil (1 liter)	150
Sugar (2 kg)	110
Milk (2 pounds, Rs 15 per pound)	900
Potato, vegetables, spices, salt etc (Rs 50 per day)	1500
Day time food or tiffin (Khaja Rs 10 per person)	1200
Total	21860

The above list has not covered, books, stationeries, school dress for children, yearly admission fee in school, fruits, toilet and bathroom items (like soap, toothpaste, cleaning soaps), kitchen utensils, clothes, meat (Goat meat Rs 450 per kg or Chicken meat 240 per kg), medical expenses, extra cost during feast and festivals, cost involved for visitors, rituals costs, household equipment maintenance etc. The above list already shows that none of the people can fulfill their monthly cost with their salary. If you think that the lower status employee send their children to government school where fee is low or accommodate in single or two rooms, then you are wrong. Even peon's children are in English boarding school where the monthly fee is not less than 3000 especially in Kathmandu. If you have other ideas or way out how these people are sustaining, please let everyone know.