Govt fixes sectors for utilisation of complementary grants The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has informed the local levels that they could spend the complementary grants provided by the federal government on five sectors only. They include economic sector, infrastructure, agricultural land reform, forestry, social sector, and good governance. Nepal 16 Jan, 2023
Local levels told to protect people from cold wave The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has directed all the local levels to take necessary precautionary measures for prevention of deaths from exposure to cold wave. Nepal 07 Jan, 2023
Local levels told to conduct self-assessment by January 21 The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has issued a circular to all local levels, directing them to conduct their self-assessment and publish results by January 21. Nepal 06 Jan, 2023
PM Dahal asks secretaries to improve service delivery Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has issued 30-point instructions to government secretaries telling them to make service delivery faster to bring an end to long queues seen in offices issuing passports and licences, land revenue offices, and survey offices within a month. The PM said if responsible officers failed to address service seekers’ woes, they would be penalised. Nepal 04 Jan, 2023
Local levels told to provide housing progress report The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has issued a circular to all the local levels, directing them to send the progress report of Safe Citizen Housing Programme being undertaken in their respective areas. Nepal 30 Dec, 2022
Government devises standard for national priority projects The government has prepared the standard for determining national priority projects. Business 26 Dec, 2022
Government to promote equitable society The government’s new Social Inclusion Policy aims to develop an equitable and prosperous society through social inclusion system. Nepal 26 Dec, 2022
Local levels told to abide by procurement rules The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has issued a circular to all the local levels, directing them to strictly adhere to the existing Public Procurement Rule, 2007, while carrying out development activities through user’s committee. Nepal 25 Dec, 2022
DCOs, CAOs told not to leave work stations The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has issued a circular to district coordination officers of all district coordination offices and chief administrative officers of all the local levels, directing them not to sanction leave to their executives without its prior approval. Nepal 18 Dec, 2022
Eight local levels yet to present budget for running fiscal In gross violation of existing laws which require the local levels to get their budget for the fiscal 2022-23 endorsed and enter details into the portal of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration on time, eight local governments are yet to comply with the existing legal provisions. Nepal 16 Dec, 2022
EDITORIAL: Enforce act The local governments would do well to strictly enforce the Public Health Service Act, 2018 at a time when consumption of liquor and tobacco production is high in the country. Opinion 02 Dec, 2022
New provisions implemented to make local levels competitive The federal government has implemented the ‘Local Economic Development Evaluation Procedure, 2022’ in a bid to promote economic development of the local levels through evaluation of various thematic areas in their respective areas. Nepal 27 Nov, 2022
