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Budget 2082/83: Key Highlihgts

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The budget estimation for 2082/83 has been announced by the Government. The key highlights of the budget are mentioned below. As regular, the budget fails to minimize the recurrent expenditure with stress on sources. There is a need of Reforms to reduce Nepal's current government expenditure! but again the government fails. Nepal's current government and parliamentary structure appear to be quite expensive and extensive.   To align with the spirit of the constitution and to strengthen federalism while maximizing efficiency, some adjustments to the central government and parliament seem essential so a special department/committe to restructure the size of federal government and cut off the expenditure rapidly. Total Budget NPR 1,964.11 billion Expenditure Breakdown Revenue and Financing Sources Fiscal Transfers to Provincial and Local Governments

National Assembly: The hoax of expert and Inclusive members.

The national assembly or the Rastriya Sabha currently consists of 59 members along with the chairperson. Since elected lower house parliament may   lack representation from subject-matter experts ,   law-making processes should include experienced professionals from various fields . To address this National Assembly should be formed, including experts with a minimum educational qualification or at least 8-10 years of professional experience, ensuring inclusive representation.  Lower house being 77 members representing each district, the national assembly can be 23 members making total legislatures 100. Additionally, to reduce the number of VIP positions, the Chairperson of the National Assembly can serve as the Vice President who is functional just in case of absence of President as the head of state.

Federal Government: The enormous size delaying the federalism.

The Constitution of Nepal. 2072, has clearly listed the power and scope of the three governments, federal, provincial and local governments and the power sharing between them. Despite the allocation by government, the failure to formulate laws by the federal legislature has created a big dispute between the power exercise between the governments which has raised question over the provincial governments.   Currently there are 22 ministries in the federal government which are still exercising the powers allocated to provincial and local governments. The massive reduction in the ministries and their scope of work by handing respective works to provincial and local governments is necessary. About 14 ministries  in federal government is sufficient to address the federal powers.   The current lower house parliament consists of 275 members. As p arliament members role is to   formulate policies  not meant to  develop infrastructure . One representative ...

King: The Sovereignty savior for Nepal

 Currently Nepal needs 3 major aspects: 1. Sovereignty 2. Economic growth 3. Democracy Economic growth and Democracy are possible through the political parties but the Sovereignty aspect has been a lacking factor in the current political leaders. So, a person who really has nationality can deal with the sovereignty.   Sovereignty of a nation refers to independency as a nation to govern itself without any external interference. It includes political independence, territorial integrity, International recognition and no external influence.  At present Nepal is facing crisis in Sovereignty due to external influence, territorial dispute, political instability and limited international recognition. So, Nepal as a nation is in need of someone who can ultimately make decisions as a sovereign state. The current political leadership lacks this ultimate thrive for sovereignty. So, King as State head might be the better alternative for sovereign state.  

School Education Act: A pathway to reform school education and nation

Government School Teachers are in protest in Kathmandu with the demand of new School Education Act. Current School education is running under School Education Act 2028 and after the new constitution, the has been a need of new School Education Act as per the constitution ad time to address the current need of school education to compete with the open world. Currently there are about 23000 government schools and more than 116,000 teachers as per the annual report of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s Annual Education Statistics Report (2078 BS / 2021 AD). But out of this data, there are 18 various categories of Teachers and staffs in schools with different contracts and facilities.  Similarly, there is increasing contribution of private schools in the school level education of Nepal. The number of private schools, students and teachers in them is increasing regularly. There are normal to premium priced private schools. This has led to different school education within t...

Single Window System: A public Governance Reform Approach

The major duty of government is to deliver its basic services and facilities to the citizens smoothly, fairly and on time. The governance must be hassle free and easily accessible to every man kind. Currently, the main concern in the public governance of Nepal is to attended multiples offices for a same service sector. This has lead to time consuming and tedious service approach to citizens. So, to minimize this time and create efficiency, a single window system is necessary in the public governance of Nepal. In this approach, a citizen or a service taker can get the complete output of any service from a single window where the initial application is summitted.

Nepal Needs a DOGE.

The  Department of Government Efficiency  ( DOGE ) established by Trump after his second resign as President is heavily cutting down the government expenditures and it is in news all over. With the increasing regualr government expenditure of Nepal Government also, there is a quck need of a similar DOGE to minimize the unproductive and wasteful government expenditure and strengthen the federalism. Nepal's current government and parliamentary structure appear to be quite expensive and extensive.   To align with the spirit of the constitution and to strengthen federalism while maximizing efficiency, some adjustments to the central government and parliament seem essential so a special department/committe to restructure the size of federal government and cut off the expenditure rapidly. Some possible steps may be: 1.  Only 14 Ministries in Nepal Government. 2.  Can Monarchy be a solution for current Nepalese Political scenario? 3.  Nepal Army; Increase or Decre...

Proposal for restructuring Federal Government: Only 14 Ministries!

 Currently there are 22 Ministries in Nepal Government including the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. They are as follows: S.N Ministry नेपालीमा 1 Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers प्रधानमन्त्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषदको कार्यालय 2 Ministry of Defence रक्षा मन्त्रलय 3 Ministry of Home Affairs गृह मन्त्रलय 4 Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development कृषि तथा पशुपंक्षी विकास मन्त्रालय 5 Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs कानुन , न्याय तथा संसदीय मामिला मन्त्रालय 6 Ministry of Education, Science and Technology शिक्षा , विज्ञान तथा प्रविधि मन्त्रलय 7 Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security श्रम , रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्र...