More
than 93,000 take civil service exams (ht
04/01/2021)
18
including CDOs transferred, Niraula is new Lalitpur
CDO (kh 18/12/2020)
Why
is the bureaucracy so inept? The pace of
decentralisation is slow, and the administrative
culture is not performance-oriented., by Shankar
Man Singh (kp 20/11/2020)
Where
is the public administration? Nepali administrators,
except a few, engage more in self-serving acts than
public service, by Dinesh Pant (kp 10/11/2020)
PSC
Postpones All Written Examinations Until Further
Notice (ht 19/10/2020)
MoCTCA
to propose two-day leave in a week (ht 25/09/2020)
Spotlight
On Civil Administration, by Mukti Rijal (rn
24/09/2020)
Centralised
Bureaucracy In Nepal, by Mukti Rijal (rn
26/03/2020)
127
civil servants recruited by PSC given no place by
local units, by Ashok Dahal (rep 19/02/2020)
Intelligence
department announces vacancies but officials have
security concerns: Officials are especially concerned
about the doing away of covert operatives, which
forces them to buy intelligence on a piecemeal basis,
by Anil Giri (kp 05/01/2020)
‘Financial
autonomy must for PSC’: ‘New bill should also ensure
administrative autonomy’ (ht 27/12/2019)
The
National Governance Survey, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
21/12/2019) [see Nepal
National Governance Survey 2017/18 by Nepal
Administrative Staff College]
Optimism
Over Social Service Fund, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
08/12/2019)
Province
2 tops in government job applications, but response
from women remains poor: Officials and experts say
higher illiteracy among women is responsible for poor
applications, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
25/11/2019)
Public
Service Commission recommends around 180 officers for
local level: It plans to complete the recruitment
process by December-end, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 25/11/2019)
House
panel raises retirement age to 60, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 15/11/2019)
Working
across boundaries: Public service organisations have
been changing from a hierarchical structure to a
network structure, by Parshu Ram Bhattarai (kp
04/10/2019)
Many
local units leave their employees high and dry: Staffs
have not been paid since the beginning of the current
fiscal year due to the failure to present budget and
dispute among elected representatives, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 04/10/2019)
Provinces
are still stuck in slow gear in forming public service
commissions: Delay in forming institutional setup may
hamper recruitment of staff at provinces and local
level through the provincial commissions, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/09/2019)
Civil
servants in Myagdi deprived of ‘mountain district’
benefits, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 12/09/2019)
Non-compliant
civil servants risk losing jobs: Pandit (ht
06/09/2019)
Bureaucracy:
Time to be fastidious, by Kartika Yadav (ht
02/09/2019)
Retired
government employees see a rise in pensions thanks to
salary hike of incumbent staff: Government may have to
spend additional Rs1.3 billion to cover increased pay,
Pension Management Fund says, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/08/2019)
‘Mentally
ill’ civil servants seek transfer to federal govt
offices (rep 12/08/2019)
Applying
for a driving licence: You will understand why they
call it an online system when they make you stand in
endless lines, by Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp
11/08/2019)
Public
servants need incentives, not punishment: Current
proposals in the Federal Civil Service Bill will not
lead to better service delivery, by Shyam Dahal
(kp 30/07/2019)
Hundreds
protest against FPSC’s job notice (ht 17/07/2019),
Recruiting
for PSC vacancies gets thorny as protests turn
aggressive, by Ashok Dahal (kp 18/07/2019),
SRC
continues protest against FPSC (ht 19/07/2019), NCP
lawmakers criticise FPSC members (ht 19/07/2019),
Despite
protests, Public Service Commission continues exams to
hire staff for the local level: Protesters have said
the vacancy notice is against the principle of
inclusion, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/07/2019)
Is
Two-day Weekend Practical?, by Kamal Parajuli (rn
15/07/2019)
Staff
transferred to Province 3 blame government for not
keeping its promise: Employees have started to make
requests to return to units under the federal
government, by Subash Bidari (kp 11/07/2019)
Everything
you need to know about Public Service Commission
vacancy notice—and the controversy surrounding it,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/07/2019)
Govt’s
employee adjustment process discriminatory, says LLEUN
(ht 04/07/2019)
SC
clears way for recruiting 9,000 plus govt staff,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 02/07/2019), Public
Service Commission says its recruitment drive on
course after court order: The top court has refused to
issue an interim order to halt the process, but
questions over principle of inclusion remain, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/07/2019), 400,000
apply at PSC for vacancies at local units (rep
03/07/2019)
In
the name of merit: It needs emphasising that merit
isn’t inherited with the DNA of a person despite
claims to the contrary, by CK Lal (kp 26/06/2019)
Government
employees desert provincial and local governments
after adjustment: Karnali Province faces a precarious
situation of losing services of most of the employees
at its local units, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
23/06/2019)
MPs
demand Public Service Commission uphold inclusion and
revoke vacancy notice: The commission has defended its
call as being based on solid legal ground but
lawmakers argue that it contradicts the spirit of the
constitution, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/06/2019)
Local
units suffer as federal and provincial governments
spar over staff hiring: Municipality and rural
municipality representatives say lack of employees has
affected service delivery, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 16/06/2019)
‘PSC
has to honour parliamentary panel’s directives’,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 16/06/2019)
Parliamentary
panel directs government to terminate staff
recruitment processLawmakers ask government to manage
local units’ workload by hiring contract staff until
permanent hirings, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
11/06/2019)
Parliamentary
committee for stalling disputed staff recruitment
process State affairs and good governance committee
plans to meet Minister Pandit on Monday, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 08/06/2019), Lawmakers
on SAC want vacancies at local units to be more
inclusive (rep 08/06/2019)
Furore
over PSC decision: ‘Ad for recruitment of employees in
local bodies not inclusive enough’ (ht
02/06/2019), Abide
by constitution: The provincial Public Service
Commission would have been the best way to hire
employees for the local levels (ht 03/06/2019), Move to hire staff for local units irks
provincial governments: Province representatives say
such actions are against the spirit of federalism,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/06/2019), Civil
servants reluctant to serve provincial and local
governments lodge complaints, by Arjun Poudel (kp
04/06/2019), How
the inclusion policy will be affected in the staff
recruitment drive at the local level, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 04/06/2019)
Civil
servants reluctant to go to Karnali: Only one-third of the
adjusted employees have reported to duty so far, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/05/2019)
Public
Service Commission starts process to hire 9,000
employees for local level: Local governments have been
facing staff crunch, which is affecting service
delivery, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/05/2019)
Civil
service
adjustment—completed in paper, not in practice:
Thousands of civil servants yet to report
to their designated duty stations, by Anil
Giri (kp 28/04/2019)
The
colours of us: Reserved quotas have had a positive
impact in maintaining diversity at the workplace,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 04/04/2019)
Civil
servants adjustment process completed, says Minister
Pandit: Deputation of 137,614 civil servants approved,
by Sanjaya Lama (kp 29/03/2019)
Recruitment
and
retirement age of provincial, local staff proposed to
be same as federal staff: Officials say draft of law
forwarded to Ministry of Federal Affairs for feedback,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/03/2019)
Adjustment
of civil servants likely to take two more weeks,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 24/02/2019)
Top
bureaucrats
are getting shuffled due to conflicts of interest: No
one knows which secretary is in the line of fire
next, a senior official says, by Anil Giri (kp
23/02/2019)
Bill
on
civil servants’ transfer passed: Lets centre appoint
provincial, local level govt top staff; Bill’s
provision states that this is a stopgap measure,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/02/2019), Adjusted
civil servants may return to federal level via
promotion (rep 16/02/2019), More
reservation quotas sought for ethnic groups, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 19/02/2019) [The
text of the bill provides for a reduction!]
No
party
politics: Only an apolitical, competent and pro-public
civil service will serve the interest of the country
and the people (ht 13/02/2019)
Bill
on civil servants’ transfer against federalism, say
lawmakers (ht 09/02/2019)
Reluctant
Bureaucracy, by Mukti Rijal (rn 07/02/2019)
Adjustment
bill
provision concerns civil servants: Employees say
barring them from work in federal government hampers
their career prospects, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
03/02/2019)
Government
offices slow to act against errant civil servants,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/01/2019)
Province
3 top choice of govt employees (ht 26/01/2019)
Allowance
provision must continue: Civil servantsEmployees say
if CIAA employees are entitled to allowances, so are
they, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 24/01/2019)
Very
few interested in judicial service (ht 20/01/2019)
Over
70,000 civil servants apply for adjustment, by
Anil Giri (kp 16/01/2019), 77,034
govt staffers opt for adjustment as deadline ends
(ht 19/01/2019)
Govt
proposes to curtail PSC’s autonomy: Public Service
Commission office bearers seek amendment to bill,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 12/01/2019)
The
number game: The Public Service Commission has not
been shying away from providing government data,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 10/01/2019)
Government
signs deal with official trade union, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 05/01/2019)
Civil
servants adjustment: SC summons govt over ordinance
provisions, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 05/01/2019)
Government
doctors not to take part in adjustment process, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 04/01/2019), Govt
docs warn of intensifying protests (rep
04/01/2019)
Government,
agitating
civil servants fail to ink deal: Despite reaching an
understanding, the NC-affiliated trade union doubtful
of deputation of staff, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 03/01/2019), Govt
stalls bill after strong PSC objection, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 03/01/2019)
Door
‘open’
for adjusted staff to return to federal service after
promotion: Lower House endorses Civil Servants
Adjustment Ordinance, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/01/2019)
Government
staff
protest against ‘unfair’ ordinance: The agitating
civil servants demand that the government
amend the ordinance to ensure their career
growth, by Anil Giri (kp 01/01/2019)
Medical
fraternity
warns sternprotests: Eleven medical associations have
submitted a memorandum to Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 30/12/2018)
Civil
Servants Adjustment Ordinance registered in House amid
staff protest, by Sanjaya Lama (kp 27/12/2018)
Local
level
staff protest ‘unfair’ provisions: Law denies
promotion to local level employees recruited by the
erstwhile municipalities and VDCs during recruitment,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/12/2018)
Guarantee
equal
career opportunity for all staff, suggest Indian
experts: Nepali officials advised to outlaw trade
unions in civil service. Firing suggested for
non-performing staff, by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp
23/12/2018)
Work
in tandem: Government and bureaucracy must be
receptive to each other’s concerns (kp 21/12/2018)
Government
to
mull staff fears: Probability of providing civil staff
an option of transferring to federal service through
internal competition, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
20/12/2018)
Government
‘to issue staff rejig notice in a week’ (kp
17/12/2018), No
VRS for civil servants (kp 17/12/2018)
20,000
staffers to fall short even after adjustment, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/12/2018)
The
Civil Servants Ordinance, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
15/12/2018)
Excluded
groups
to get job quotas only during entry: Unlike the Civil
Service Act, the model law proposes such reservation
won’t be applicable for promotion, by rithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 20/11/2018)
New
law
proposes incentives for civil servants: Federal
government to issue ordinance in consultation with the
Public Service Commission, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
13/11/2018) [A democratic
state has to be ruled by laws, not by ordinances!]
Women
in
civil services up by 8 percent: In the fiscal year
2017-18, at least 20,334 women held various positions
in government offices-making it 23 per-cent of the
civil service. Government records show there are
87,753 civil servants across the country, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 08/11/2018), Let
them in: Active representation of women in bureaucracy
cannot be ignored anymore (kp 08/11/2018)
Ordinance
to
allow ‘voluntary’ adjustment for civil servants: The
new provision is expected to speed up the
deployment of sending necessary human resources
to provinces and local levels (kp 04/11/2018)
Reforming
the civil services: There should be no room for
mediocrity and complacency in our bureaucracy, by
Shyam Dahal (kp 01/11/2018)
Temporary
civil servants stage demonstration (ht 01/11/2018)
Temporary
civil servants protest inside Singha Durbar, by
Anil Giri (kp 31/10/2018)
16,939
persons join civil service under reservation quota in
eight years, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/10/2018),
Brahmins
and Chhetris land most government jobs, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 16/10/2018) [Bahuns
with a population share of 12.2% secure 33.39% of the
jobs!]
PSC
submits annual report to President (kp 12/10/2018)
Government
employees threaten protest, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 20/09/2018)
Draft
bill
expands chief secretary post eligibility: Provincial
and local Special Class civil servants’ career
prospects on Cabinet’s table (kp 04/09/2018), Bill
bars local units from recruiting civil servants
(rep 04/09/2018) [Long live
the non-federal authoritarian central state!]
Civil
servants criticise draft bill on federal services,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/09/2018), Bill
at Cabinet: No change in Civil servants’ retirement
age: Finance Ministry had suggested increasing the age
to 60 years considering the rising burden of pension
Joint military exercise payment for retired employees
(kp 03/09/2018)
Work
till you drop: Increasing retirement age is a question
that calls for proper deliberation (kp 28/08/2018)
Plan
to transform civil services, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 15/08/2018)
Women
in
cilvil service: Why we lag behind; While the decision
making executive positions are strictly male arena,
women officers often get lost in the labyrinthine of
the social and cultural gender constructs, by
Smita Poudel (rep 05/08/2018)
Government
to revise retirement age for everyone on its payrolls
to 60 years, by Jagdishor Payday (ht 01/08/2018)
Shifting
Bureaucratic Politics, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
31/07/2018)
456
staff
withdraw from VRS: Officials say move aimed at
motivating staff to work as usual as there was no
decision on voluntary retirement (kp 29/07/2018)
Bureaucracy
in
new era: Our bureaucracy still carries vestiges of
Rana and Panchayat eras. It is in dire need of
sweeping overhaul to meet challenges of new era,
by Narayan Prasad Wagle (rep 29/07/2018)
Govt
mulls two options for temporary workers: Around 10,000
temporary civil servants work for various govt
agencies (kp 28/07/2018)
Govt
wants
‘more time’ to readjust 3-tier civil staff: Ministry
of Federal Affairs official says three service laws
mandatory to appoint staff (kp 21/07/2018)
34,000
temporary govt employees get three-month reprieve,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 18/07/2018)
Civil
servants with disabilities object to proposal to
decrease reservation quota (rep 08/07/2018)
Reforming
Bureaucracy, by Mukti Rijal (rn 05/07/2018)
Flaws
of Reservation in Civil Service, by Umesh Pokharel
(rn 01/07/2018)
Job
charm of central level leaves local govts understaffed
(kp 30/06/2018)
Govt
to stop hiring joint secretaries thru open competition,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 23/06/2018), Govt
bid to stop hiring joint secys thru free competition
slammed (rep 25/06/2018)
Govt
to bar officials from working for foreign agencies
upon retirement, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
16/06/2018)
Panel
proposes transfer rule for civil servants (kp
01/06/2018)
Over
7k govt staff apply to serve at local level (kp
21/05/2018)
Allowance
distribution strategy issued (ht 20/05/2018)
Government
service: Panel suggests one-time limit for job
reservation, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/05/2018)
Trade
union asks govt to endorse Federal Civil Service Act
(rep 23/04/2018)
MoFAGA
standards on deputation ensure spouses are allowed to
work at same place (ht 18/04/2018)
Govt
employees no longer ‘attracted’ to TIA immigration
office (ht 18/04/2018)
Govt
gives staff 15 days to apply for local unit posts
(kp 17/04/2018)
Employees
should work as deputed: Minister Pandit (kp
16/04/2018)
Systematise
staff management, local levels told (ht
11/04/2018)
Govt
halts voluntary retirement scheme (kp 10/04/2018)
New
framework to make public services effective (kp
28/03/2018)
Voluntary
retirement
scheme likely to get delayed: Officials say the
O&M survey would take at least six months to
complete, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/03/2018)
Ministry
cracks
down on ‘absent’ civil staff: Ministry of Federal
Affairs and General Administration will stop salaries
of staff refusing to work in provinces (kp
25/03/2018)
The
Need of Bureaucratic Reforms, by Kushal Pokharel
(rn 24/03/2018)
'Defiant'
officials barred from reporting to their erstwhile
offices (rep 23/03/2018)
Ministries,
staff survey takes off from the centre (kp
22/03/2018)
Citizen-responsive
Bureaucracy, by Mukti Rijal (rn 22/03/2018)
Over
500 officials yet to report to their provincial
offices: Govt to wait for two more weeks before
starting legal action (rep 22/03/2018)
Prime
Minister Oli to tackle civil staff crisis at key
meeting (kp 21/03/2018)
Minister
plans revised VRS for civil servants: Lal Babu Pandit
says most civil staff should adjust instead of
retiring, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/03/2018),
Govt
needs to amend law to stop voluntary retirement
(ht 20/03/2018), ‘We
will
not let capable staff leave’: Minister Lal Babu Pandit
says the government will not allow capable staff to
retire under VRS (kp 22/03/2018)
PM
warns of action against 'defiant civil servants'
(rep 18/03/2018), PM
orders civil staff to report for work (kp
19/03/2018), ‘77pc
staff report to respective offices’ (kp
22/03/2018)
Plug
the
gap: Government should carry out a study on the
requirement of civil servants and ask Public Service
Commission to start hiring (ht 28/02/2018)
Around
5,000 apply for voluntary retirement; Rs 10-12 billion
required: Officials (rep 26/02/2018)
Fixing
bureaucracy: It is high time bureaucracy went through
some substantive reforms to make it more robust and
effective (ht 20/02/2018)
Computer
officers in govt offices seek entry into civil
services (ht 16/02/2018)
Voluntary
retirement scheme receives disappointing response
(rep 14/02/2018)
500
bureaucrats
deployed in all provinces: It will take one more year
to completely adjust all civil servants in local,
provincial and federal governments, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 01/02/2018)
Bureaucracy
reforms: Taking Singha Durbar to grassroots, by
Sangram S. Lama (ht 30/01/2018)
‘Over
75 percent’ civil servants to go out of central
government, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/01/2018), Only
25
percent of current civil servants should remain at the
Centre: As Nepal comes closer to a federal form of
government, new challenges have emerged in the
division of civil service into three levels of
government, by Kashi Raj Dahal (kp 22/01/2018)
Many
civil servants unwilling to go to local levels, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 05/01/2018)
Province
2 tops application and recruitment tables, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/12/2017)
Voluntary
retirement scheme to cut into govt treasury (rep
24/12/2017)
Five-fold
increase in govt job applications (ht 25/11/2017)
Agenda
of reform: The ultimate aim of a managerial civil
service is to be able to provide traction to good
governance, by
Madhukar SJB Rana and Atul K. Thakur (kp 15/11/2017)
A
case for good governance: There have been five
Administrative Reforms Commissions but very little
reform, by Madhukar SJB Rana and Atul K. Thakur
(kp 17/10/2017)
Bill
on
civil servants adjustment endorsed: House panel argues
that it’s the duty of civil servants to work where
they are assigned (kp 07/10/2017), Law
passed for allocating civil servants under federal
setup (rep 07/10/2017)
Civil
servants seek promotion for adjustment innew set-up,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 17/09/2017)
Civil
servants at the local level: Lawmakers call for
promotion of officials (kp 07/09/2017)
Civil
servant
adjustment: House unanimously passes bill (kp
13/07/2017)
Online
registration
of personal events going up (kp 09/07/2017)
Female
applicants
outnumber males in govt openings (kp 16/06/2017)
Merit
is
the mantra: By implementing a number of principles,
the Public Service Commission has managed to gain
public support, by Kiran Raj Sharma (kp
15/06/2017)
Government
to
deploy civil servants in 283 local level offices
(ht 03/06/2017)
Restructuring
bureaucracy:
On their merits; While promotions are important career
milestones, the demand that they be ‘automatic’ is
undemocratic, by Thaneshwar Bhusal (rep
23/05/2017)
Govt
proposes
halting fresh recruitment of civil servants for a year,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 28/04/2017)
Right
person,
right job: As Nepal moves to implement federalism,
civil service reform has become crucial, by
Sachchi Ghimire Karki (kp 21/04/2017)
Road
to
Inclusion: Progress in inducting women into public
service may be small, but in light of the country’s
dismal history of inclusivity, it is a much welcome
change, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/04/2017)
‘73
govt
staff have PR, citizenship of foreign countries’: 34
have relinquished them and 16 have left service,
byd Binod Ghimire (kp 01/04/2017), Govt
told
to hunt for civil servants holding PR in foreign
countries (ht 01/04/2017)
Deputing
staffers
to provincial, local governments challenging:
Government staff demand one level promotion to join
services at state, local levels, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/04/2017)
Dalits
in
civil service: They got in through seat quotas, but
they are no less capable and skilled than others,
by Pradeep Pariyar (kp 28/03/2017)
Civil
registration
online from April 14 in all districts: Listing of
personal events such as birth, death, marriage,
divorce and migration to be streamlined (kp
28/03/2017)
MoFALD
sets
guidelines for personal incident registration: People
can now register birth, death, marriage, divorce and
migration in ward office (ht 16/03/2017)
Women
in
civil service: Women applicants ‘outwitting’ men in
PSC examinations, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/02/2017)
Proposal
seeking
to increase age limit for civil servants sent to PSC
(kp 12/01/2017)
Revamping
Bureaucracy, by Mukti Rijal (rn 12/01/2017)
Administrative
restructuring:
Existing staff will be rejigged before creating new
posts under fed set-up, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 05/01/2017)
19,213
officials
didn’t disclose property last fiscal (kp
04/01/2017)
Women
outperform men in PSC for job application (rep
07/12/2016), More
women
apply for PSC exam (ht 08/12/2016)
High-level
admin
reform and monitoring report-2016: ‘Bureaucracy,
administration need immediate reforms’ (kp
06/12/2016)
Civil
servants
restricted from engaging in trade, business (ht
28/11/2016)
Govt
staff caught at share queue during office hours
(rep 25/11/2016)
Empower
it:
Under the decentralized federal structure, we need
additional human resources at office of Chief
Secretary, by Thaneshwar Bhusal (rep 16/11/2016)
Bureaucracy
2.0:
Nepal is still stuck with the centralized bureaucratic
practices ill suited for rapidly changing
technological landscape of the hyper globalized
digital world, by Subarna Shakya and Bimal Pratap
Shah (rep 14/11/2016)
Pensioned
govt staff rake in double moolah as consultants: Clear
legal provisions lacking, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
27/09/2016)
Secy
shake-ups
stoke policy instability fears, by Rupak D. Sharma
(kp 14/09/2016)
Govt
not
to allow perks, incentives in blanket fashion: Rs 132
billion just for civil servant salaries and allowances
this fiscal year, by Gyan P. Neupane and Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 03/08/2016)
Nepalese
Bureaucracy: Need For Reform, by Hari Prasad
Shrestha (rn 15/07/2016)
Public
service
in Nepal: Attract bright young people, by
Shailendra Sigdel (ht 13/07/2016)
The
ten-to-five
world: The civil service has been politicised
resulting in blatant inefficiency and corruption,
by Niranjan Mani Dixit (kp 06/07/2016)
Reforming
bureaucracy:
Managerial civil service, by Madhukar SJB Rana (ht
16/06/2016)
Fate
of
biometric national ID card project hangs in balance:
The French firm, Morpho Security, selected to prepare
the biometric cards is being sold by its mother
company Safran SA (kp 26/04/2016), Biometric
ID
gets House panel’s nod (kp 29/04/2016)
Rautahat
chiefs,
staffers caught playing truant (ht 19/04/2016)
Govt
takes
steps for reforms in bureaucracy (ht 10/04/2016)
71
officials
caught flouting rules (ht 27/02/2016)
TRC
proposes
perks for its staffers, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
26/02/2016)
An
aptitude
problem, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 26/02/2016)
Land
records
information mgmt system: Plan to take LROs online in
jeopardy (kp 24/01/2016)
Govt
decides
against dual facilities (kp 23/01/2016)
Changing
the
business of bureaucracy: For things to change, Nepal’s
bureaucracy would have to undergo substantive
reform—both structural and behavioural, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp 23/01/2016)
11
CDOs
transferred (kp 14/01/2016)
Effective
service
delivery: Performance to outcome, by Mukti Rijal
(ht 07/01/2016)
No
roadmap,
timeline in MoGA plan (rep 02/01/2016)
Govt
promotes
nine joint secys to secretaries (ht 11/10/2015) [Thank god, they are all male
Tagadharis, once again!!]
Govt
jobs
in quota system: Plan to raise cut-off age (kp
11/09/2015)
Smart
ID
cards to be issued by next year (ht 05/09/2015)
State
institutions
to bar staff from having foreign DV/PR, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 20/08/2015)
Amended
civil
service act: Less number of officials quit than
expected (ht 17/08/2015)
After
chief
secy, hunt intensifies for NRA CEO (kp 06/08/2015)
Get
it
over already: Bureaucratic failure has nothing to do
with nationalism or the level of loyalty individuals
have to their country, by Bidushi Dhungel (nt
24/07/2015)
Of
bureaucrats:
The government needs to re-build the image of civil
servants by making them more responsible to the people,
by Jagadish C. Baral (kp 19/07/2015)
Uncivil
service:
It is unethical for civil servants to be absent from
their posts for years and for them to curtail job
opportunities for other Nepalis, by Mukesh Khanal
(rep 18/07/2015)
Civil
servants
with foreign PR face action (kp 15/07/2015)
Civil
servants
told to quit if ‘dissatisfied’ (ht 17/06/2015)
Attracting
Young Talents In Civil Service, by Kushal Pokharel
(rn 13/06/2015)
PSC
introduces
online application facility (ht 10/04/2015)
Promotion
games:
Our promotion system is neither transpoarent nor
cogent; Those with leadership traits are rarely given
opportunity, by Bimal Gautam (rep 25/03/2015)
Hearing
on
PSC members concludes (ht 23/03/2015)
Panel
starts
work to bring about administrative reforms (ht
22/03/2015)
Govt
planning
to regulate incentives to civil servants, by Tika
R. Pradhan (ht 21/03/2015)
Govt
may
call off double shift system: Public response to the
newly introduced system was not encouraging, claims
Ministry of General Administration (kp 17/03/2015)
House
sub-panel
nod to sack civil servants holding DV, PR (kp
24/02/2015), Bill
enabled
to bar civil servants from foreign residency (kp
26/02/2015)
Thousands
apply
at PSC for govt jobs as deadline nears (ht
02/02/2015)
Joint
secretary
promotion: 42 recommended for 16 secy posts (kp
12/01/2015)
Imported
fertilisers
arrive with seam open: Around 1,000 urea sacks are
feared to have been damaged as the white crystals
have changed to black and red, by Bhusan
Yadav (kp 11/01/2015)
Populist
12-hr
shift running out of gear (ht 04/01/2015), 12-hour
shift
may come down to nine: NVC monitors find faults in
newly introduced timing, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
07/01/2015), Employees
irked
at 12-hour shift (ht 15/01/2015)
State
of
dysfunction: Nepal has failed to understand that its
public administration is a relic of the past and built
for an economy and society it never had, by Mukul
Sharma (rep 03/01/2015)
Govt
efforts
on to make bureaucracy more people-centric: Dozens of
recommendations by PSC still gathering dust, by
Santosh Ghimire (ht 01/01/2015)
Timing
change
in govt offices sans raison d’etre, by Bharat
Koirala (ht 23/12/2014)
Some
govt
offices to provide services in two-shift (rep
15/12/2014), 12-hr
shift
at urgent service offices starts today: Officials
themselves skeptical about effectiveness; Challenges
galore to implement the move, by Basant Sharma (ht
16/12/2014), Govt
offices
begin double shift (kp 17/12/2014), Services
get
lukewarm response in early morning chill: Govt officials
not too pleased; Complain of lack of transportation
facility; General public welcomes the move (ht
17/12/2014), Govt
directed
to run 12-hour service: Civil servants to work without
additional incentives for extended shifts (ht
22/12/2014), KMC
plans
to adopt the two-shift working system (rep
22/12/2014), KMC
plans
double shift in 35 wards (ht 23/12/2014)
House
panel
seeks details on officials holding PR permits (kp
04/12/2014)
Govt
offices
dealing with public to open at 6:00am (ht
21/11/2014)
Minister
in
make or break move (kp 17/11/2014), Under-secy
appeals
for life (kp 17/11/2014)
Passport
Dept
asked to shut online service (kp 08/11/2014)
MoHA
assesses
challenges facing administration (kp 04/11/2014)
Governance
reform:
2-shift work in govt offices: Panel (kp 22/10/2014),
Extra
shifts
urged for urgent services (ht 22/10/2014), Committee
suggests
two work shifts at govt offices (rep 22/10/2014), Starts
at
top: Civil service reform (rep 23/10/2014)
Women
representation
in civil service dismal, by Dipal Bayalkoti (kp
30/08/2014)
Withdraw
civil
service amendment bill: Joint secretaries (rep
22/08/2014)
Govt
transferring
over 650 civil servants (ht 16/08/2014), Top
bureaucrats
reshuffle uncalled-for: Experts, by Santosh Ghimire
(rep 16/08/2014), MoGA
transfers
722 employees: Employee unions criticize decision
(rep 17/08/2014)
Enter
Chaos:
Retirement of thirteen secretaries and rumor of removing
chief secretary Leela Mani Paudyal has rocked Nepal’s
civil service (sp 25/08/2014)
18
joint
secretaries recommended for seven secretary posts,
by Bimal Gauatam and Santosh Ghimire (rep 17/07/2014)
Crying
for
reform: Unhealthy politics-administration ties are
detrimental to administrative competence and effective
governance, by Prakash Dahal (rep 14/07/2014)
Review,
Research
And Reform, by Thaneshwar Bhusal (rn 08/07/2014)
MoGA
starts
reforms in bureaucracy: Mulls personal database of
80,000 employees, by Santosh Ghimire (rep
06/07/2014)
Seven
Steps
In Dealing With Doctorate Civil Servants, by Lok
Nath Bhusal (rn 27/06/2014)
Civil
Service
Act bars govt officials from holding PR (kp
05/06/2014), Cabinet
okaysBill
to keep civilservants in check: Bars them from seeking
foreigncountry’s permanent residence, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 05/06/2014), Civil
Service
amendment bill registered: Govt staff can’t take PR,
green card, diversity visa or work in private
institutions (ht 09/06/2014)
Promotion
Reforms, by Thaneshwar Bhusal (rn 03/06/2014)
Providing
Right
Space To Doctoral Civil Servants, by Lok Nath Bhusal
(rn 30/05/2014)
Ugly
resistance:
When foreign countries are an alternative for you, you
might not be bothered about political and economic
ramifications of dual citizenship, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep 29/05/2014)
Debate
on
pension and foreign settlement ‘irrelevant’, by
Weena Pun (kp 28/05/2014)
Under-secretaries
at
Ministry of Education on warpath: Warn of
protest,claiming that they have not been given proper
responsibilities, duties (ht 27/05/2014)
Stir
for
administrative service as separate entity heats up,
by Santosh Ghimire (rep 23/05/2014)
Bureaucracy
under
political siege: Report (kp 22/05/2014) [see report by Transparency International
Nepal]
Plum
postings:
Nepal’s civil service discourages doctorate holders from
serving the country, by Lok Nath Bhusal (kp
18/05/2014)
Restructuring
The
Bureaucracy: Some Important Dimensions, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn 10/05/2014), Pandit
apprises
House panel of proposed plan, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 12/05/2014), Govt
mulling
over Bill to reform civil service, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 12/05/2014)
Civil
service
act amendment: PR owners face job loss threat, by
Anil Giri (kp 03/05/2014)
MoGA
pushing
civil servants to declare any foreign residency status,
by Santosh Ghimire (rep 24/04/2014)
Ph.
Ds
In Administrative Pollution, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
19/04/2014)
Action
will
be taken against High ranking govt officials who have
taken foreign residential permits: Minister (nn
30/03/2014), ‘Unpatriotic’
civil
servants face action: Up to 1,100 of them said to be
holding permanent residency of other countries (ht
31/03/2014), Conflict
of
interest: It is unethical for a govt official to hold
permanent residency in another state (kp
01/04/2014), Nepali
Bureaucrats
Facing Ethical Issue, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
02/04/2014)
What's
in
sarkari jagir?, by Roshani Dhamala (rep 28/03/2014)
PSC
exam
result replete with errors, candidates irked (ht
03/03/2014)
Nepal
set
to be declared polio-free, by Manish Gautam (kp
27/02/2014)
Land
records
to go online in 6 months: The system will make life
easier for landowners by saving them from having to
contend with a bewildering bureaucratic maze, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 15/02/2014)
Absence
of
govt staffers affects services, by Raj Bahadur Shahi
(kp 30/01/2014)
Govt
officials
found flouting rules (ht 24/01/2014)
Govt
starts
depositing pensions at banks (ht 13/01/2014)
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