The move aims to make civil servants responsible towards their duties

Kathmandu, July 20

A meeting of government secretaries presided over by Chief Secretary Somlal Subedi has decided to execute performance contract with civil servants before deputing them to concerned office or agency.

According to a press release issued by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers following yesterday’s meeting, the employees so deputed after executing performance contract will not be transferred to other work station till the completion of the fiscal.

The move is aimed at ensuring effective implementation of the government’s policy and programme, and the annual budget.

The government will sign a performance contract with concerned departmental head and office in-charge, who will in turn sign the contract with the employees under his/her purview to ensure the effectiveness of development activities and reconstruction drive.

“But if the six-month performance of the concerned employee is not found satisfactory, the concerned department or office may transfer him/her to another work station,” said a decision paper issued by the OPMCM.

This provision will be applicable to all the ministries, departments, secretariats and offices.

It aims to make civil employees responsible towards their duties. The government has identified several indicators with varying weightage marks to evaluate performance of employees and to treat them accordingly.

The move comes after the existing performance appraisal system granted cent per cent marks despite the failure of development projects.

Recently, the government has allowed all departments of the government to maintain direct contact, coordination and communication with one another on subjects other than those relating to policy. It enables all departments to maintain direct contact with each other for exchange of technical views and sharing of data and information.

However, the departments will be required to use the channel of their concerned line ministry on policy issues. The official said a decision to this effect is expected to strengthen coordination between departments.

Earlier, one department was required to communicate to itscounterpart through the concerned line ministry and was not allowed to maintain direct coordination and communication.