Monday, April 7, 2025

Nepal Needs a DOGE.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) established by Trump after his seconf 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 Decrease the size?The debate of size of Nepalese Army!!

4. How long will the rule of the elderly continue?

5. Some suggestions for amend of the constitution to the current alliance between Congress and UML.

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Only 14 Ministries in Nepal Government.

 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 मन्त्रलय

8

Ministry of Finance

अर्थ मन्त्रलय

9

Ministry of Water Supply

खानेपानी मन्त्रलय

10

Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation

ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिँचाई मन्त्रलय

11

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

परराष्ट्र मन्त्रलय

12

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

सञ्चार तथा सूचना प्रविधि मन्त्रलय

13

Ministry of Health and Population

स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसङ्ख्या मन्त्रलय

14

Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रलय

15

Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport

भौतिक पूर्वाधार तथा यातायात मन्त्रलय

16

Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation

भूमि व्यवस्था, सहकारी तथा गरिबी निवारण मन्त्रलय

17

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies

उद्योग, वाणिज्य तथा आपूर्ति मन्त्रलय

18

Ministry of Urban Development

सहरी विकास मन्त्रलय

19

Ministry of Youth and Sports

युवा तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रलय

20

Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens

महिला, बालबालिका तथा ज्येष्ठ नागरिक मन्त्रलय

21

Ministry of Forests and Environment

वन तथा वातावरण मन्त्रलय

22

Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration

सङ्घीय मामिला तथा सामान्य प्रशासन मन्त्रालय

Nepal's current government and parliamentary structure appear to be quite expensive and extensive. Also the province governments have not been able to exercise the powers as mentioned in government because of similar power exercise form federal government. So, to reduce the government current expenditure and share powers among province and local governments, the federal government should rapidly cut of the current 22 ministries to 14 ministries as follows. 


S.N

 Proposed Ministry

Scope of work of the Ministry

1

Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers

As per current

2

Ministry of Home Affairs and Defence

Current ministries of Home affairs and Defense can be merged as single.

3

Ministry of Finance

As per current

4

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

As per current

5

Ministry of Physical Infrastructure (merge of ministries as below)

All physical infrastructure works including water supply, irrigation, urban development can be kept under this ministry. And only mega projects, multipurpose projects and national level projects should be implemented by federal government  

 

Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport

 

Ministry of Urban Development

 

Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Irrigation only)

 

Ministry of Water Supply

6

Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy(merge of ministries as below)

Natural resources sectors; Forest, Mines, Water resources and Energy can be implemented from here with main purpose of collecting revenue utilizing the natural resources and Environment protection measures.

 

 

 

 

Ministry of Forests and Environment

 

Water Resources and Energy form Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation

 

Mines and Mineral sector from Industry of Commerce

7

Ministry of Health and Population

As per current

8.

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology

As per current

9.

Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

Merge to one ministry

 

Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration

10.

Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation

Merge to one ministry


Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development

11.

Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security

Merge to one ministry

 

Ministry of Youth and Sports

 

Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens

12

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

As per current

13

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies

As per current

14

Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

As per current