Himal Pahad Terai

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

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.

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 ...