KATHMANDU, Feb. 13 -- Minister of Finance Bishnu Paudel has made changes in the leadership of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and the Department of Customs. In a reshuffle involving 14 joint-secretaries, he has appointed new directors-general to these departments.

Joint Secretary Mahesh Bhattarai has been transferred from the Ministry's Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Section to the position of Director General of the Department of Customs. Similarly, Madan Dahal has been transferred as Director General of the IRD. Dahal was serving as the head of the Administration Division.

Than Prasad Pangyani has been transferred from the Fiscal Federalism Coordination Division to the Administration Division.

Similarly, Shobha Kant Paudel h...