Nepchai, I doubt salaries in Nepal are proportional to the day to day expenses. Baburam knows it. He might have done this so that they be less susceptible to bribery. If you make pay 40K a month per police, he/she might stop asking for Rs.200 bribes. But the current salaries make it impossible to survive without taking bribes.

Well it,s not possible for Nepal govt to pay $40K per police but it will certainly give them some impetus(courage) to nab those wrongdoers since they wont have to rely on those bribes from wrongdoers anymore. The compulsion to rely on bribes to make ends meet doesn't allow for any change to be made to the system lest the privilege(easiness) of taking bribe be lost due to the change. That's one of the reasons Nepalese process has been stalled for a long time because some people are making zillions during this impasse while the poors have no way out but beg for money from the haves( by sending letters if you know what i mean). 

As far as the comparison is to be made, Baburam is nothing like Girija, Jhale or Makune. Personal Opinion. Not even Prachande. Somehow I think Baburam really cares about Nepal. Thats why he is so vocal on Taxation and Economy. Myopically,  he might seem uneconomic looking at this extension, but in the long run the money saved due to the stoppage of leakage will pay for it.