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Budget and Development: Reportedly on January 13, 2021, the government was able to spend only 14.4% capital budget in the first half of the fiscal year (FY) 2020/21. The government was able to spend only 15.48% capital budget in the last FY. Similarly, the government spent 28.19% recurrent budget in the current FY …
Budget: The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning of Province 1 sent a letter to provincial offices for deduction of budget expenses to balance the economic crisis. There has been economic crisis in Province 1 due to the pandemic. The ministry suggested stopping multi-year projects and also deduct the hospitality expense. …
Provincial Parliamentary activities: Gandaki Pradesh Chief Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung is preparing to reshuffle two ministers—the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law and the Minister for Land Management, Agriculture, and Cooperative from his cabinet. On December 27, after the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the provincial governments started to …
Federal Governance: On December 24, the Commission for Investigation Abuse of Authority (CIAA) released 16-point suggestions in its Annual Report 2019-20 and urged the government to increase the salary of civil servants, which helps to reduce corruption. The report also showed that the CIAA received a large number of complaints against the …
Governance: According to the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), corruption-related complaints have increased in Sudurpashchim Pradesh. More than 1270 complaints have been registered in the provincial CIAA during the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY) 2020/21, however, 432 complaints were registered in the previous …
Loopholes in the Foreign Policy: Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali unveiled the foreign policy on December 6. However, party representatives, foreign policy observers, and experts have criticised the policy and questioned the government’s ability to implement it. Madhav Kumar Nepal, head of the ruling NCP’s foreign affairs department, shared that neither …
Administrative issues: On September 13, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration transferred 25 joint and undersecretaries to the local levels and district coordination committees. But even after four months of transfer, only a secretary is working at the office assigned by the ministry, and the remaining 24 secretaries …
Administrative Issues: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration is preparing to amend the Local Government Operation Act and set up the provision that the post of the representatives who are/will be absent from the executive meeting continually for five times will be dismissed. The ministry will put an amendment bill in …
Rashtriya Janamorcha Party organized protest rallies in several places across the country demanding abolition of federalism. The party argued that a country such as Nepal with a weak economy can not necessarily run on a federalism system. Administrative issues: The provincial Public Service Commission (PSC) of Bagmati Pradesh asked to …
Administrative Issues: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) has prepared an 18-point written commitment letter to the chief administrative officer for doing an effective and quality work at the local level. This letter came after the working style of officers were criticized and the report of the …
