Kathmandu, 26 September: The government has decided to provide Rs 50,000 in allowance on a monthly basis to the writer of national anthem, Pradip Kumar Rai (Byakul Maila). The meeting of the Council of Ministers held on September 23 decided to increase the monthly allowance to Rai from RS 25,000 to Rs 50,000, according to the government Spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki.