Remote
local unit in Gorkha enhancing public access to
information : Dharche Rural Municipality has employed
heralds and used radio services to disseminate
information in highlands, by Hariram Upreti (kp
14/04/2021)
Capital
spending low in Myagdi local units, by
Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 06/04/2021)
Local
governments say they don’t get enough resources : The
federal government needs to hand over their
constitutional responsibilities as well as staff to
subnational governments, experts say, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 05/04/2021)
Health
Ministry directs local units to adopt health safety
measures to curb COVID-19 (kh 05/04/2021) [??]
Women
representatives in Achham are excluded from
decision-making roles : Most women ward members say
the inclusion policy has only served as a token
gesture to fulfil gender and caste representation
requirements at the local level, by Menuka
Dhungana (kp 05/04/2021)
Expanding
Civic Space At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn
01/04/2021)
Deputy
Mayors Disempowered At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 25/03/2021) [And most of
the are women! This is typical for Nepal's macho
patriarchy!]
Over
half of 9,000 staffers recruited for local governments
seek transfer : Federal government suspends all local
government-to-local government transfers until further
notice, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/03/2021)
Holding
up the whole sky in Jumla : The mayor of Chandanath
Municpality and her deputy prove that elected women
leaders are more accountable, by Monika Deupala
(nt 05/03/2021)
Ensuring
Accountability At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn
04/03/2021)
Vacate
Durbar Square shops in a week, City tells Department
of Archaeology : Officials at the department say
Kathmandu Mayor Shakya is on the offensive after it
directed the city to follow traditional methods while
rehabilitating Kamal Pokhari, by Anup Ojha (kp
03/03/2021)
153
local bodies yet to submit COVID-19 relief expenditure
details to the ministry, by BP Aryal (rep
21/02/2021)
Limi
residents face challenges brought by this year’s
snowfall : With health posts and ward offices closed,
villagers struggle to manage the basics, by
Chhaoal Lama and Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 15/02/2021)
Staffers
in Dhanusha rural municipality hold sit-in demanding
their pay, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/01/2021)
New
procedure for easy data access floated (ht
18/01/2021)
Child
labour free zone proposals sought from local bodies
(ht 06/01/2021)
Unfilled
local government vacancies affect service delivery in
KarnaliAs many as 81 posts of people’s representatives
are currently vacant in eight districts of Karnali
Province. Dolpa district has the highest number of
vacancies; By-elections have not been held to fill
vacancies caused by death or resignation, by
Chandani Khatayat (kp 01/01/2021)
Complaints
against local governments paint bleak picture of the
grassroots : Local governments are mobilising
resources like never before, but they lack
experience and skills to do so, experts say, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/12/2020)
Performance
evaluation at the local level : Errant local
governments can be punished through the fiscal
transfer channel like in the past, by Khim Lal
Devkota (kp 21/12/2020)
Pokhara
demolishes new structures constructed around Phewa
Lake : In 2007, authorities had decided not to allow
any concrete structures to be built within 65 metres
of the lake, by Pratiksha Kafle (14/12/2020)
Local
representatives could lose job if they skip meetings
for long, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/12/2020)
Women
leaders set example for rest of Nepal : Imagine if
this women-led municipality in the Tarai was upscaled
nationwide, by Laxmi Basnet (nt 04/12/2020)
Local
levels making justice accessible, by Kokila Dhakal
(kh 03/12/2020)
MoFAGA
formulates procedure to enhance public accountability
(ht 29/11/2020)
As
Ratna Park gets new name and statues of two icons,
many say ‘let history be history’ : At the centre of
Kathmandu, the City has memorialised lives of
Sankhadhar Sakhwa and Padma Ratna Tuladhar but the
step has sparked debate about remembering history,
by Srizu Bajracharya (kp 28/11/2020)
Lalitpur
launches ‘green fence’ campaign to promote greenery,
by Anup Ojha (kp 26/11/2020)
New
procedure for self-evaluation issued (ht
26/11/2020)
37
local levels yet to submit their budget (kh
08/11/2020)
Amid
dispute, Supreme Court stays implementation of grade
11 curricula : Court rules officials shouldn’t enforce
curricula when local governments have authority to
manage school education, by Binod Ghimire (kp
07/11/2020)
Kathmandu
city orders all schools to teach Nepal Bhasha, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 06/11/2020) [To
put this into perspective : Newars constitute about
21% of Kathmandu's population; only 17% speak Newari
as mother tongue; more than 8% speak Tamang; more than
20% have other mother tongues than Nepali and Newari!
The promotion of all ethnic mother tongues
would be important!]
Centre’s
approval must for MoU between local levels, foreigners
(ht 06/11/2020) [After all,
the Federal Republic of Nepal is still a centralised
state, says HM Oli! All power is vested in the PM and
emanates from him!], Ministry
warns local governments not to sign sister city deals
without its consent : Federal Affairs Ministry says
there is risk of country’s foreign policy being
compromised if the practice is not checked, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha 07/11/2020)
Landless
people of Bardiya vent their ire at federal government
: Landless people meet to prepare for an agitation
against the federal government, by Yadab Acharya
(ae 06/11/2020)
स्थानीय
तहबाट नागरिकको अपेक्षा , by Subas Shrestha
(Rajdhani 05/11/2020)
Local
government in Barpak provides work for jobless
targeting Dashain, by Hariram Upreti (kp
23/10/2020)
Municipalities
want their jurisdiction defined clearly in new local
government law : Local governments want legal teeth to
allow them to exercise their constitutional authority
on school education and also on the registration of
businesses, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
16/10/2020)
Frail
local governance: Old administration ways to blame,
by Navneet Jha (ht 28/09/2020)
Half
of local governments have failed to receive first
instalment of federal grants : Kathmandu has not sent
the first tranche of federal grants to many local
governments for not submitting the transaction details
from the last fiscal year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 21/09/2020) [Nepal is
still not a federal, but an extremely centralised
state!]
Local
councils fail to pass enough laws: Report; Absence of
human resources and lack of understanding of local
governments’ powers are listed among reasons, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/09/2020)
Mayor
Shakya goes incommunicado as Kathmandu grapples with
pandemic : No one knows the state of health of the
city’s ‘guardian’ or even his whereabouts, city
officials say. He hasn’t delegated his
responsibilities even while isolating himself, by
Anup Ojha (kp 13/09/2020)
Bid
to add transparency to local levels working (ht
10/09/2020)
As
migrant workers start returning home, local levels
feel the heat to create jobs : Local governments
across country prioritise employing returnee migrant
workers mainly in agriculture and local development
sectors, with some coming up with innovative ideas,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/09/2020)
Around
40 percent government staff haven’t received their
salaries yet, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/09/2020)
Karnali
suffers in absence of senior officials as centre
transfers them frequently : Two-fifths of the
bureaucratic positions remain vacant and with the
Federal Civil Servant Act still not in place, the
province can’t start appointing civil servants on its
own, by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 04/09/2020)
Post
of chief administrative officer vacant in several
local units of Parsa, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
22/08/2020)
How
are the local governments doing? Local governments
still have a long way to go for ensuring a pro-people
and deliberative democracy with strong priority
towards recognizing the voice of citizens and their
meaningful empowerment, by Prakash Bhattarai and
Pradip Adhikari (rep 16/08/2020)
193
local bodies yet to present budget for 2020-21 (ht
30/07/2020)
Local
levels in Baglung fail to implement policies and
programmes (ht 27/07/2020)
City
on the Hills: Branding Kirtipur, by Sitaram Dahal
(ht 22/07/2020)
Karnali
governments plan to spend more than they earn on their
officials’ perks: A bill registered in the provincial
assembly secretariat proposes facilities for elected
representatives under 13 different headings, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 06/07/2020)
Lalitpur
unveils ‘people-centric and practical’ plans and
policies for upcoming fiscal year: From pandemic
relief to promoting agriculture to cutting down road
repair expenses, Mayor Chiri Babu Maharjan has set
down several plans that his Kathmandu counterpart
could not with more resources and budget, by Anup
Ojha (kp 01/07/2020)
Budget
meant for poor housing programme likely to freeze in
nine districts of Bagmati Province: The provincial
government had launched the housing programme in all
10 districts except three districts of Kathmandu
Valley this fiscal year, by Pratap Bista (kp
27/06/2020)
Local
bodies expedite budget preparations (ht
19/06/2020)
Challenges
Of Local Budgeting, by Mukti Rijal (rn 11/06/2020)
Local
governments at a loss on how to implement
relief-for-work programme: Federal government last
week decided to employ workers from the unorganised
sector in public construction projects, but has not
issued the guidelines to follow in the process, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/05/2020)
NC
ward chair’s post declared void after party change
(kh 04/05/2020)
Dang
district health office does not have funds to fight
Covid-19: The provincial government has allocated
budget to the local units but they haven’t prioritised
health services, by Durgalal KC (kp 20/04/2020)
Local
government delivers medicines for chronic patients at
their doorstep, by Santoh Pokharel (rep
14/04/2020)
Proactive
Local Leadership Needed To Handle Crisis, by
Kushal Pokharel (rn 12/04/2020)
Bajura
district spends 6% of capital budget in 8 months,
by Krishna Oli (rep 23/03/2020)
Local
governments advocate use of technology to boost
performance (ht 18/03/2020)
Women
have numerical strength in local units, but little
say: Gender pay gap runs deep in all kinds of
profession in Makwanpur, women leaders say, by
Pratap Bista (kp 09/03/2020)
Municipalities
still heavily dependent on federal grants: Report:
Experts say despite the dependence, local governments
have raised more money than in the past, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/02/2020)
Border
dispute halts infrastructure development in Shailung
area: Both Doramba of Ramechhap and Shailung of
Dolakha lay claim to the tourist destination, by
Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 22/02/2020)
Mayor
of Madi Municipality demands amendment to National
Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act: The mayor
announced his intention to go on a hunger strike from
February 19 if his demands are not addressed, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 17/02/2020)
The
local units will decide which schools should get state
grants, not the president: Office of the President is
envisioned to have a largely ceremonial role, not an
executive one (kp 07/02/2020)
Monitoring
committees in local units ineffective: Committee
members are responsible for evaluating projects but
they don’t have the necessary skills, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 06/02/2020)
A
name to conjure with: The naming of places is no
longer the prerogative of the state. Local units are
choosing what they want to be called, by Deepak
Thapa kp 06/02/2020)
Bhotekoshi
Rural Municipality is teaching Mandarin in schools:
The locals from the villages along the Nepal-China
border believe that learning the language will help
them communicate better with those across the frontier,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 30/01/2020)
Local
levels told to establish fund for GBV victims (ht
27/01/2020)
Sakela
Rural Municipality invests in agriculture, health,
education and tourism sectors: The municipality has
made investments in the productive sectors in an
effort to boost the income of the villagers, by
Dambar Singh Rai (kp 25/01/2020)
Women
Leadership At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn
23/01/2020)
Local
levels asked to follow procedure (ht 22/01/2020)
None
of the local units in Parbat has conducted public
hearings this fiscal year: The local government
operational guideline dictates public hearing be held
for transparency and to ensure good governance, by
Agandhar Tiwari (kp 17/01/2020)
Industrual
villages in local units: Local units told to propose
potential sites, by Sujita Pradhan (rep
06/01/2020)
Rescued
persons start reappearing on KMC streets (ht
05/01/2020)
KMC
to remove all businesses from footpaths (ht
05/01/2020)
Singha
Durbar to share up to 60 percent cost to build local
government offices: Only 54 percent of the local
governments have their own buildings for
administrative work, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/01/2020)
Electricity
bill gives licensing authority for projects below 3MW
to local bodies (rep 04/01/2020)
BPKIHS
starts probe into electricity tariff collection by
unauthorized department, by Rohit Rai (rep
04/01/2020)
Year
of controversy: Four years after the constitution came
into force, the local governments have not been
allowed to exercise their constitutional right of
managing school education, by Binod Ghimire (kp
31/12/2019)
Kohalpur
not willing to merge with Neplagunj sub-metropolis
(ht 30/12/2019)
Campaigners
wanted to paint flowers on Khula Manch podium. Mayor
sent police force.: Conservationists say they just
wanted to draw authorities’ attention to the
importance of public spaces but Bidya Sundar Shakya
calls the movement a politically motivated stunt.,
by Anup Ojha (kp 29/12/2019)
Fruit
of federalism: Local governments must improve their
spending capacity and administrative skills so that
all the local units can generate more resources for
themselves (ht 26/12/2019)
Khumbu
Pasang Lhamu top royalty earner, by Umesh Poudel
(kp 25/12/2019)
Six
months on, dispute between people’s reps in Likhu
Tamakoshi yet to be resolved (ht 25/12/2019)
Butwal
sub-metropolis declared ‘street people-free zone’: The
city’s year-long campaign rescued 197 beggars, of
them, 72 have been rehabilitated in a shelter home,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 22/12/2019)
Local
units in Rukum East and West come together to preserve
biodiversity: Sisne, Puthauttarganga and Banfikot are
known to be home to red pandas and pangolins and rare
medicinal herbs, by Hari Gautam (kp 20/12/2019)
Local
units face shortage of office space, but federal help
not forthcoming: The federal government is still in
the planning phase of developing building designs and
standards, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/12/2019)
Local
unit goes without chief administrator in Dailekh: The
office, which was reeling under pressure for lack of
technical staff, has become severely affected since
the departure of the last Chief Administrative Officer,
by Jyoti Katuwal (kp 19/12/2019)
More
than 80 percent of households live without land
ownership certificates in Bagmati Rural Municipality:
The rural municipal office is now conducting land
survey to prepare a field book as endorsed in the
legal system and making preparations to distribute the
certificates, by Subash Bidari (kp 18/12/2019)
Kathmandu
metropolis announces ‘beggar-free’ programme again:
Though the previous campaigns to make the city beggar
free had ended in failure, officials say this time
they are well-prepared to see the plan through, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/12/2019)
Implement
verdict, local levels told: There are no legal
provisions that allow local level
office-bearers to draw salary (ht
11/12/2019)
Diktel
residents frustrated with their representatives’
service: Locals complain of local government’s
indifference while entrepreneurs lament the dip in
business, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 07/12/2019)
To
keep students in school, local unit launches mid-day
meals in Tehrathum, by Chandra Karki (kp
07/12/2019)
CIAA
questions local levels' spending (ht 04/12/2019)
21
local bodies yet to present budget for fiscal year
2019-20 (ht 03/12/2019)
Locals
complain of lackadaisical service at the judicial
committee in Nepalgunj: Lack of legal knowledge,
budget and working guidelines is the major cause of
the ineffective service delivery, by Madhu Shahi
(kp 02/12/2019)
Lalitpur
Metropolitan City organises public hearing, but
without local participation: Many locals say they were
not informed about the event, by Anup Ojha (kp
27/11/2019)
Land
Use Act: Can local governments make use of it?, by
Ayush Jung Thapa (ht 27/11/2019)
Ward
members of Thabang Rural Municipality-1 resign in mass,
by Dinesh Subedi (krep 26/11/2019)
Five
injured as police clash with locals (ht
20/11/2019)
People
in Khotang say their elected leaders lack vision and
waste budget in inconsequential projects: Local units
across the district are concentrating on projects that
have no positive impacts on people's living standard,
by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 19/11/2019) [Symbolic?]
State
of local governance: Federalism is as much about
devolution of political rights as it is about
development rights. Delivery of basic services is now
the responsibility of the local governments, by
Biswo Poudel (rep 18/11/2019)
Poor
service delivery infuriates Mugu locals: Local units
in the district don’t have their own office buildings,
and people are not happy about it, by Raj Bahadur
Shahi (kp 15/11/2019)
Education
Ministry issues circular, asking local governments to
stop teacher hiring: Local governments say the move
infringes upon their constitutional mandate, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 13/11/2019) [Another
grave violation of the constitution by the
anti-federal Oli government!]
Construction
of government offices left incomplete in Baglung:
Contractors are getting paid before they even start
their work, and this is causing them to make off with
the money and not complete the work, say legal
advocates, by Prakash Baral (kp 12/11/2019)
Local
unit invests over Rs3 million in youths to ‘bolster
self-employment’: A total of 32 youths have benefitted
under the municipality’s scheme aimed at empowering
skilled workers, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
11/11/2019)
Rara
National Park ignores residents of buffer zone areas:
The national park has not run development activities
and income-generating programmes for locals due to
lack of funds, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
08/11/2019)
Local
Deputies In Development Politics, by Anirudra
Neupane (rn 08/11/2019)
There
are no takers for mobile apps of local governments:
Lack of internet services and awareness and illiteracy
are to blame for minimal use of such apps, officials
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/11/2019)
Local
governments expect ease in delivery of services after
Public Service Commission recruits new staff at the
local level: Public Service Commission will start
recommending candidates for recruitment within five
days after completing the interviews that start
November 7, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
27/10/2019)
Local
unit blamed for facilitating amenities for squatters
instead of evicting them: Local unit provided
electricity and drinking water facilities to squatters
living on public land of Surkhet Campus, by
Chandani Khatayat (kp 26/10/2019)
SC
stays rule allowing one-fourth members of municipal
executive body to take decision (ht 24/10/2019)
Local
governments ignore anti-graft body’s directive to stop
teacher hiring: Vacancies were announced based on the
statutory authority the local level enjoys, they say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/10/2019)
Local
unit office in Dolakha shifted overnight: People’s
representatives had been disputing over the
administrative centre for the past eight months,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 22/10/2019)
Two
elected ward chiefs on the run for the past three
months on fake citizenship charge: Administrative, as
well as development, works affected because of the
absence of ward chiefs in Birtamod and Bhadrapur
municipalities, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 20/10/2019)
Local
bodies’ associations call for revision in laws:
Friday’s ruling has effectively barred local
representatives from taking salaries (rep
20/10/2019)
CIAA
bars local governments from appointing teachers on
their own: All local governments informed about the
views of anti-graft body, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 17/10/2019) [One of so
many problems by the failed implementation of the
federal state!]
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)
Families
of migrant workers who died abroad can receive
financial support at local level: The latest move will
save time and money for hundreds of aggrieved families
who had to travel to Kathmandu from various parts of
the country for claiming their compensation amount,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 03/10/2019)
Social
Reform Act goes into effect in two Hetauda local
units: The act prohibits giving and taking of dowry,
attendance of over 51 people, or jantis, in nuptial
ceremonies, and a gift of over Rs 1,000, by Pratap
Bista (kp 02/10/2019)
For
Chepang locals, government services are 80 km away:
Officials say they don’t have enough staff to open
office near the village, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
28/09/2019)
Health
workers deployed to carry out administrative works in
local units: Locals in Taplejung have started raising
questions about the possible impact on the health
sector after health workers have been mobilised to
perform administrative works, by Ananda Gautam (kp
27/09/2019)
Staff
shortage affects service seekers in Dhankuta local
units: Chief of District Coordination Committee says
his office has been delivering services with only
three employees, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp
23/09/2019)
Lack
of necessary laws leaves local government helpless:
With no laws in place, the local government in
Province 5 is failing to work effectively in various
sectors—particularly forest and land management,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 17/09/2019)
Meet
the female ward chiefs of Bardiya: When the female
ward chiefs assumed office two years ago, there were
plenty of naysayers. Now, the naysayers have become
supporters, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 17/09/2019)
Dispute
between mayor and deputy halts works in Urlabari
Municipality: Deputy mayor claims the mayor took a
unilateral decision and monopolised the workings of
the municipality, by Binu Timsina (kp 16/09/2019)
Local
units in Hetauda yet to incorporate online
registration system: The Ministry of Federal Affairs
and General Administration had introduced the online
registration system five years ago, by Subash
Bidari (kp 16/09/2019)
District
HQ close, yet too far for Limba, Durdimba denizens in
Panchthar (ht 14/09/2019)
In
Kaski, local representatives have little outcome to
show from their trips abroad: Pokhara Mayor Man
Bahadur GC has spent around two and half months on
foreign trips, many of them for trivial conferences,
by Deepak Pariyar (kp 09/09/2019)
MPs
wonder why govt is letting dengue spread: Local level
reps claim they lack: budget, manpower to do needful,
by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 09/09/2019)
A
remote municipality in Baglung hit hardest by employee
shortage: The municipality has a total of 27 posts
available but currently one seven are employed, by
Prakash Baral (kp 08/09/2019)
Local
units in Dhanusha perform poorly as they fail to
exercise their powers: Authorities have been given the
power to execute works regarding health, education,
agriculture, livestock, social security, development
activities, among others, by Shyam Sundar Shashi
(kp 06/09/2019)
Implement
NHRC’s recommendations, MoFAGA tells local bodies
(ht 30/08/2019)
Voices
of women unheard in Dolpa local units: Because of
male-dominated local units, plans and policies of the
local units are not in favour of women in Dolpa,
by Chandani Khatayat (kp 29/08/2019)
Five
local units of Saptari may lose federal grant, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 28/08/2019)
Five
ward chairpersons resign in Bajura, by Krishna Oli
(rep 24/09/2019)
Bajhang
lawmakers call for Chief District Officer’s transfer:
People’s representatives and lawmakers from the
district are dissatisfied with the CDO’s strict action
against the use of heavy machinery in the district’s
road projects, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
23/08/2019)
Single
public office working for six districts: The popular
‘gaun gaun ma Singha Durbar’ slogan has remained just
that—a slogan, with its implementation a far cry,
by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 22/08/2019)
26
local bodies yet to announce budget (ht
22/08/2019)
Public
school teachers launch protests demanding the federal
government should manage them: Local government in
response says the centre cannot take the move, citing
it unconstitutional, by Binod Ghimire (kp
15/08/2019)
Most
local units in Dhanusha fail to allocate budget meant
for community schools: Hanspur Municipality has failed
to disburse the budget for textbooks, scholarships and
midday meals due to a shortage of staff, says Mayor
Mandal, by Shyamsundar Shashi (kp 13/08/2019)
Building
that serves as school and municipal office affecting
studies at a Panchthar school: The elected
representatives, after the local elections two years
ago, had decided to set up the rural municipal office
at the school’s building, by Lila Ballav Gjhimire
(kp 13/08/2019)
Lalitpur
city office unveils broomers and tankers: Mayor Chiri
Babu Maharjan vows to make the city clean and free of
dust and mud, by Anup Ojha (kp 10/08/2019)
People’s
representatives from Likhu Tamakoshi visit district
administration office seeking security: They have
accused Govinda Bahadur Khadka, chairman of the rural
municipality, of assaulting office staff, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 05/08/2019)
Federal
government halts grants to local governments for
failing to present their budget: Employees are unsure
if they will receive their salaries in time, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/08/2019)
Mediation
At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn 01/08/2019)
Local
bodies collect service charge for 'no service'
(rep 31/07/2019)
Capacity
Building At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn
25/07/2019)
KMC
announces policies, programmes (ht 22/07/2019)
Local
bodies lock horns over border (ht 20/07/2019)
Service
seekers surprised as ward office provides timely
services: The city office had recently established a
help desk at the ward office after receiving
complaints from service seekers about the sluggish
pace of work at the office, by Shankar Acharya (kp
20/07/2019)
72
local units failed to present budget in time and half
of them are from Province 2: Erring sub-national
governments may get reduced budget in the following
fiscal year which could affect development projects,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/07/2019)
Consumer
committees gain local units’ trust, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 16/07/2019)
135
local bodies yet to present budget for 2019-20 fiscal
year (ht 04/07/2019)
Sindhupalchok
local units introduce women-centric and agro-friendly
drives: Tripura Sundari Rural Municipality recently
launched a campaign called ‘Security Plan for Your
Daughter’s Future’, by Anish Tiwari (kp
01/07/2019)
118
locals units still to unveil their budget: Internal
feud and lack of manpower blamed for the delay
(rep 01/07/2019)
Redefining
local leadership: Better governance outcomes are
possible only when local politicians become more
flexible and open-minded to share leadership roles
with the chief administrative officers, by Shyam
Dahal (rep 30/06/2019)
Local
governments across the country are once again caught
in budget presentation delay: Federal Affairs Ministry
says it will facilitate struggling local
governments to present budget as early as possible,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/06/2019), Spend
judiciously: The local levels must make utmost use of
their resources, as their performance will determine
the amount of conditional grant it receives (ht
27/06/2019)
Rethinking
infrastructure at local levels (rep 27/06/2019)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City unveils Rs15.5 billion budget:
Infrastructure development gets the largest chunk of
the budget: Rs7.43 billion—39 percent of the total
amount, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/06/2019), Local
bodies present fiscal budget for 2019-20, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 26/06/2019), Infrastructure
prioritized in local budgets (rep 26/06/2019)
Local
govt accused of not maintaining transparency, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 26/06/2019)
Local
representatives of Balara up in arms against their
mayor: The feud has deprived locals of timely services
and affected development works, by Om Prakash
Thakur (kp 25/06/2019)
Kathmandu
ward members urge provincial government to hike pay:
Metropolis is unable to implement its decision of
providing Rs 15,000 in salary as it contradicts
the provincial law, by Subash Bidari (kp
24/06/2019)
Ishnath
mayor accused of excluding deputy in decision making,
by Madan Thakur (rep 23/06/2019)
Kathmandu
Metropolis announces ‘new’ plans for fiscal year
2019-20: With the city office failing to address even
minor issues, there are concerns whether it will be
able to deliver on lofty promises, by Anup Ojha
(kp 21/06/2019)
Legal
Pluralism At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn
20/06/2019)
Confusion
looms over local level budget due to political
differences: Local governments that presented the
budget at the tail end of the current fiscal year are
gearing up to announce their spending plan on
time—but all is not guaranteed, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 19/06/2019)
Staff
shortage hits government offices: Short of hands,
municipal offices in Achham district are forced to put
off daily operations, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
19/06/2019)
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)
Local
councils asked to monitor revolving community funds to
prevent misuse: As the fate of Poverty Alleviation
Fund hangs in the balance, officials say people
are defaulting on non-collateral loans, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/06/2019)
Public
Complaint Unit has not received a single complaint in
4 months, by Anup Ojha (kp 10/06/2019)
Worry
over lack of coordination as state and local
governments gear up for budget: Local government
representatives say more discussions required to avoid
duplication of projects and resources, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 05/06/2019)
Local
governments to get 9,161 civil servants (ht
31/05/2019), CM
Raut condemns centre’s move to hire civic staff
(ht 01/06/2019)
Citizens’
Participation, by Mukti Rijal (rn 30/05/2019)
Rural
municipality ward offices sans secretaries (ht
28/05/2019)
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)
Itahari
mayor misbehaves with a journalist and deputy mayor
issues apology: The instance may look like simple
bureaucracy, but female politicians say it shows how
women are denied decision-making role and made to play
second fiddle, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 26/05/2019)
Itahari
sub-metropolis officials protest against mayor,
boycott work (rep 24/05/2019)
A
rural municipality blocks road to another rural
municipality after being denied access to yarsha
pockets, by Jagat Khadka (rep 23/05/2019)
Local
units fail to fix administrative centers even two
years after election (rep 19/05/2019)
In
disarray: The centre must immediately assign
secretaries to the wards in Baglung (kp
13/05/2019)
Municipalities
demand scrapping of KVDA, by Sonam Lama (rep
09/05/2019)
Shortage
of staff hampers services at Province 1 local units
(kp 05/05/2019)
Postmortem
service still a big challenge in Solukhumbu, by
Shikhar Jung Shrestha (rep 05/05/2019)
Rural
municipality shifts focus from roads to education,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 04/05/2019)
Understaffed
local unit in Achham conducts classes to prep locals
for employment, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 03/05/2019)
Private
school
operators decry local governments’ enrolment rule:
They say forcing public office holders to send their
children to public schools is against right to freedom,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/05/2019)
Staff
readjustment leaves municipality in disarray, by
HariharSingh Rathour
Lack
of staff in Ramechhap local units hits services,
by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 01/05/2019)
Lack
of
resources and laws puts District Coordination
Committees in confusion The bodies meant to check
irregularities have been ineffective, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 30/04/2019)
Scientific
land use: Gateway to prosperity, by Santosh Paudel
(ht 26/04/2019)
Ministries
face pressure of pork barrel projects (ht
26/04/2019)
Building
safe
homes: Local governments should take initiative for
implementing building codes and by-laws. They should
also monitor compliance of those laws, by Keshab
Sharma (rep 25/04/2019)
Centre’s
decision to recruit teachers on its own further
deepens dispute with local level, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 24/04/2019)
Disaster
management in disarray in local units (kp
23/04/2019)
Aid
for empowerment: Building capacity of LGs, by
Prakash Paudel (ht 22/04/2019)
MoFAGA
devolves its authority (ht 18/04/2019)
Schools
lack
money to buy textbooks as local governments fail to
disburse funds: Local level officials blame
unavailability of data on students for the
failure to release the money, but some schools
disagree, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/04/2019)
Local
governments purchase essential drugs without quality checks,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 17/04/2019)
Complaints
about irregularities at local level on the rise, CIAA says,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/04/2019)
Limi
Valley
in Humla cut off and still deprived of government services:
The families in the region often bring lump salt and food
from Tibet due to a lack of arable land, by Jaya Bahadur
Rokaya (kp 17/04/2019)
Financial
irregularities rampant in local units of Karnali:
Auditor General’s report (kp 16/04/2019)
Lack
of ward secretaries hampering work in Tanahun (ht
16/04/2019)
Emergency
fund set up to save infants and pregnant women, by
Tripthi Shahi (kp 15/04/2019)
Unsettled
spending up by 150 percent in local units (rep
13/04/2019)
Lack
of know-how renders judicial committees ineffective at
local levels (ht 09/04/2019)
Implementation
of fiscal discipline challenging at local levels: WB
(ht 09/04/2019)
Fourth
municipal
assembly of Kathmandu passes four bills for reforms:
Among the bills, the Municipal Transportation
Management Act 2075 has set the tallest of goals,
by Anup Ojha (kp 08/04/2019)
Local
govts disobeying central govt, by Devendra Basnet
(rep 01/04/2019) [This has to
do with the failure of the central govt to introduce
clear regulations on power sharing and
responsibilities under the federal system! The
decisions mentioned in this article should be under
the responsibility of the local govt because the
central govt has no idea of the local situation!!]
Local
units scattering budget on small projects: Ministry
report, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/03/2019)
Local
governments: In need of town planning act, by
Umesh B Malla (ht 01/04/2019)
Water
quality testing equipment, kits to be sent to all
local federal units, by Arjun Poudel (kp
26/03/2019)
Eight
months into the fiscal year, local governments have
yet to present budget, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/03/2019)
Women’s
voices go unheard in local units led by male
officials: Budget for women empowerment and
income-generation unspent, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
16/03/2019)
Local
units fail to submit reports on tobacco consumption
control, by Nayak Paudel (kp 09/03/2019)
Local
units want revision in federal bills:
Representatives say some provisions encroach upon
their constitutional authority, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 05/03/2019)
First
female CDO offers a ray of hope to people in Jumla
(rep 02/03/2019)
Local
Adjudication Under Scanner, by Mukti Rijal (rn
28/02/2019)
Local
unit heads chairing school mgmt committees illegal:
Ministry; One ward chairman heads 32 such committees,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 26/02/2019)
Locals
deprived of govt services as representatives go on
excursion, by Nagendra Upadhyay (rep 26/02/2019)
Federal
affairs ministry renames five local units:
Administrative centres of 7 federal units changed in
Sudurpaschim (kp 19/02/2019) [Under
the federal system, this should be the task of the
provincial government!!]
Legal
hurdle in way of KMC move to take back encroached
public land (rep 18/02/2019)
Bajura
municipality goes paperless by installing internet in
all its ward offices, by Krishna Oli (rep
17/02/2019)
‘Amend
Local Government Operation Act’, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 11/02/2019)
CDO
made TDC member amid objections, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 11/02/2019)
Most
local unit offices still in rented buildings, by
Suman Mall (rep 10/02/2019) [related to Mugu]
Procedure
envisages clean villages and cities (ht
09/02/2019)
Lack
of legal clarity hinders local bodies’ performance,
by Bhim Chapagain (rep 05/02/2019)
Local
levels told to be clear about taxes they are
authorised to collect (ht 02/02/2019)
Local
units okayed to issue helicopter rescue permits,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2019)
New
procedure seeks preparation of rural, urban profile
(ht 24/01/2019)
All
wards of local levels to have healthcare centres
(ht 24/01/2019)
Local
units ban haphazard use of heavy equipment in
infrastructural development, by Hari Gautam (kp
23/01/2019)
Junichande
Rural Municipality yet to fix centre (ht
13/01/2019)
Legal
contradictions put local levels in a fix (ht
07/01/2019)
Kathmandu,
provinces
differ on CDO’s role: According to the bill, the chief
district officer reports the law and order situation
to the Federal Home Ministry and provincial Internal
Affairs Ministrye, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/01/2019) [Obviously,
central government thinking never dies out!]
Government
groups local federal units into four categories
(kp 05/01/2019)
JC’s
Functions In Confusion, by Mukti Rijal (rn
03/01/2019)
Mayor,
Mayor, on the Wall: Bidya Sundar Shakya has bitten off
more than he can chew as he struggles to keep his
promises, by Anup Ojha (kp 31/12/2018)
64
local units yet to see presence of commercial bank
(rep 30/12/2018)
All
local levels to get public health nurses (ht
30/12/2018)
Federal
Affairs
Ministry asks local governments not to enact laws on
their own: Contrary to constitutional provision,
ministry issues circular to 753 local units to consult
with the Centre before formulating any law, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 29/12/2018) [Misunderstanding
of federalism or deliberate disregard of the
constitution? Probably the latter!]
Few
complaints
despite poor service delivery in Okhaldhunga, Baitadi:
A survey finds 61 percent service seekers in
Okhaldhunga and 58 percent in Baitadi do not
register complaints against poor services, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/12/2018)
Locals
protesting demolitions clash with police in West
Rukum, 10 injured (rep 29/12/2018)
Local
bodies’ staff across country launch protest (rep
18/12/2018)
Excavation
of resources invites territorial disputes among local
units, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 17/12/2018)
Kathmandu
sets
inspection panel after 19 months: Deputy Mayor Hari
Prabha Khadgi says the committee will do surveillance
of all the activities carried by the metropolis from
development works to market activities, by Anup
Ojha (kp 14/12/2018)
City
mayor vows to prove himself after slow start, by
Anup Ojha (kp 11/12/2018)
Law-making
at Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn 06/12/2018)
Locally
recruited staff get primacy over ones appointed by
Centre, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/12/2018)
Villagers
elated as local government starts delivering election
promises, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 02/12/2018)
NGOs
resist pressure to register at local level, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/11/2018), Federal
government at the heart of many disputes at the local
levels, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/11/2018)
Dalit
ward members excluded from decision-making, by
Pushparaj Joshi (rep 27/11/2018)
Local
level Operation act: Government agencies spar over
rights, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/11/2018)
Hello
Kathmandu, where are the complaints?Hello Mahanagar
hotline 1180 service receives two complaints in five
months, by Anup Ojha (kp 21/11/2018)
Personnel
At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn 15/11/2018)
Limbu
declared official language in a local unit in Ilam,
by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 14/11/2018), Limbu
language declared official language, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 01/12/2018)
Border
dispute erupts as two municipalities assign contract
for one area, by Upendra Yadav (rep 14/11/2018)
Four
dozen
local units yet to present budget: Delay in passing
fiscal estimates hits workers and municipal
development projects; Teachers, health workers and
employees at rural municipalities have not been paid
since the fiscal year began in mid-July, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/11/2018)
Making Local Education Policies, by Shak Bahadur
Budhathoki (rn 11/11/2018)
RM
offices running from rented buildings (ht
07/11/2018)
Lack
of
ward secretaries hinders essential services: More than
half of the wards in local units across the country
are without ward secretaries, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/11/2018)
Local
governments allowing mining in Chure to generate
income, by Mithilesh Yadav (kp 01/11/2018)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan
City in action: Health and education are some of core
areas of service delivery and local development that
fall within the responsibility of the local government,
by Mukti Rijal (rep 31/10/2018)
Without
a clue: There is much confusion about the exact role
and duties of the judicial committees, by Sandhya
Sitoula and Niresh Chapagain (kp 31/10/2018)
Six
ward offices in Baitadi sans secretaries, by
Khagendra Awasthi (kp 28/10/2018)
MoFAGA
tells local levels to activate monitoring panels
(ht 27/10/2018)
District
offices finally removed in federal set-up after 15
months, by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 11/10/2018)
Local
judicial committees adopting 'Panchayat-era' approach,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 10/10/2018)
Law
Ministry says vacancies at local levels could be
filled through by-elections (kp 09/10/2018)
Criteria
set for changing local government headquarters, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/10/2018)
Local
unit to punish reps promoting Chhaupadi,
untouchability, by DB Budha (rep 29/09/2018)
Directive
on foreign visits gets approval (kp 24/09/2018)
Municipalities
‘not heeding’ DCC’s orders (ht s24/0p9/2018)
Grassroots
democracy is delivering development: Across Nepal,
rural municipalities are being forced to be
accountable, by Kishor Pradhan (nt 21/09/2018)
ID
cards must to drink alcohol in Gaumul Village, by
Arjun Shah (kp 18/09/2018)
Judicial
committees still struggles to deliver justice, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 18/09/2018)
Five
jets add thrust to city’s cleaning drive (kp
16/09/2018) [related to KMC]
Local
representatives: Focus on your job (rep
16/09/2018)
Protest
staged against tax hike in Pokhara (ht 15/09/2018)
Duplication
and confusion Local units have been competing to
impose new taxes instead of improving services, by
Ram Hari Marasini (kp 13/09/2018)
Local
bodies
in Salyan reel under shortage of staff: Villgers say
they still visit the district headquarters for
government services as the local units are without key
officers, by Biplav Maharjan (kp 12/09/2018)
No
secretaries in Magar settlements (rep 12/09/2018)
Five
exemplary steps by local bodies, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 09/09/2018)
Super
Six, by Om Astha Rai (nt 06/09/2018), Wonderful
Waling, by Shashwat Acharya (nt 06/09/2018), Pro-poor
mayor, by Jiya Lal Sah (nt 06/09/2018), Rana
regime
restored in Nepalganj: As the only re-elected mayor in
last year’s election, Dhawal Rana picks up where he
left off 25 years ago, by Kunda Dixit (nt
06/09/2018), A
mayor of his word, by Yuvaraj Shrestha (nt
06/09/2018), Salma
breaks her silence: A Muslim deputy mayor’s lonely
struggle against domineering men, by Suresh Bidari
(nt 06/09/2018), A
breath of fresh air in Thimi: The one mayor in
Kathmandu Valley trying to be a role model for good
governance, by Monika Deupala, by Monika Deupala
(nt 06/09/2018),
Jumla’s
great
leap into the future: Kantika Sejuwal says Jumla is
already ahead of the rest of Nepal with female mayor
and deputy, by Krishnamaya Upadhyaya (nt
06/09/2018) [including small videos each]
Locals
protest against local government, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 06/09/2018)
Suspension
of acting mayor recommended (ht 06/09/2018)
Phone
app for local governments (kp 05/09/2018)
Local
government fails to bring any change to health sector,
by DB Budha (rep 05/09/2018)
Bill
bars local units from recruiting civil servants
(rep 04/09/2018) [Long live
the non-federal authoritarian central state!]
Kathmandu,
local
level spar over wealth tax: Municipal Association of
Nepal says the Finance Act for this fiscal year will
hit their revenue collection; The federal government
claims tax on house and the area covered by it, asking
local level to collect land tax elsewhere, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/09/2018)
Local
level to go climate smart (kp 02/09/2018)
Bajhang
bans alcohol from Sept 17, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 02/08/2018)
Credentials
Of Local Governments At Stake?, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 31/08/2018)
Prosperity
programme:
21 Tarai districts to get Rs 5 million each; The
government has allocated Rs2.03 billion to implement
the programme which will go tothe local units as a
conditional grant (kp 31/08/2018)
Municipality’s
judiciary committee helping locals in social disputes,
by Narahari Sapkota (rep 27/08/2018)
Rautahat
local levels undecided on holding assembly (ht
24/08/2018)
Local
govts to implement climate adaptation projects (ht
24/08/2018)
Millions
spent on personal vehicles, nothing on public welfare
(rep 23/08/2018), No
basic services in villages but millions spent on
vehicles for chiefs (rep 24/08/2018)
No
taxes for Palata’s impoverished families, by
Tularam Pandey (kp 21/08/2018)
Province
3 seeks tax details from local units, by Ashok
Sujan Shrestha (rep 21/07/2018)
Local
unit drops plan to purchase office vehicle, to buy
ambulance, by Himnath Devkota (rep 21/08/2018)
Paroha
Municipality to provide dozens of services free of
cost, by Madan Thakur (rep 21/08/2018)
Nepal’s
Local Governance: A Unique Model, by Sarmila
Bagale (rn 20/08/2018)
Local
government imposes Rs 50 per kg ‘export tax’ on apples,
by LP Devkota (kp 20/08/2018) [Those
responsible should be brought to justice!]
Even
local representatives not spared of caste-based
discrimination, by Binod Pariyar (rep 18/08/2018)
Judicial
committees have failed to function properly, says
report (ht 18/08/2018)
Bridging
gaps: Proper municipal financing a must for
infrastructural development and economic prosperity,
by Siddhartha Pant (kp 17/08/2018)
Gaushala
revises controversial tax rates following public
uproar (kp 16/08/2018)
Representatives
accused of preferring excursion to development
projects, by Anil Bhandari (rep 15/08/2018)
New
taxes galore: Local units are on a tax collection
spree prompting the federal government to step in,
by Binay Kumar Mishra (kp 13/08/2018)
Over
50pc local representatives do not declare property
details (kp 12/08/2018)
Local
govts failing on education (rep 12/08/2018)
‘Local
units performing poorly on school education’ (rep
10/08/2018)
Judicial
Committees for Mediation, by Mukti Rijal (rn
09/08/2018)
Rural
municipality offers incentives to boost local
population, by Bhagiswar Limbu (rep 07/08/2018)
Mayor
out for excursion leaving garbage on streets for days,
by Mithilesh Yadhav (rep 04/08/2018)
One
year since local elections, local units still
struggling with manpower crunch, by Binod Pariyar
(rep 04/08/2018)
Ministry
draft
gives clarity on foreign visits Local officials can
travel abroad if UN agencies and foreign governments
invite them; The directive aims tocheck local
officials’ ‘unnecessary’ sponsored foreign visits
(kp 02/08/2018)
Ilam
Municipality imposes 50 paisa tax on petroleum
products (rep 01/08/2018)
MoFAGA
urges all 753 local levels to adhere to 35-point
commitment (ht 30/07/2018)
Local
level
officials quick to eye pay, perks: Provincial
lawmakers had grumbled that their salary was
less than that of government secretaries though their
place in the protocol hierarchy was higher, by
Devendra Basnet (rep 29/07/2018)
Local
levels allowed to recruit temporary staffers, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 29/07/2018)
Locals
express
discontent as KMC fails to deliver: The enthusiasm
with which Kathmanduties voted Shakya and his panel to
power has transformed into widespread frustration,
by Diya Dhakal (rep 27/07/2018)
‘Local
levels splurging on vehicles’ (ht 27/07/2018)
Govt
plans to build 15 new cities in ‘high hills' (ht
25/07/2018)
Local
representatives agitated over govt office relocation,
by Upendra Yadav (rep 22/07/2018)
Preserving
Hanuman Dhoka: Heritage activists file contempt cases
(kp 20/07/2018)
Urban
concerns in Kathmandu: The newly elected government
needs to pay attention to developing open spaces in
the city, by Sushila Ghimire (kp 17/07/2018)
Amid
reservations,
govt dissolves local peace committees: The Home
Ministry decision says all the activities carried out
by the peace committees will now be transferredto the
District Administration Offices (kp 18/07/2018)
Central
govt scraps district offices (kp 18/07/2018)
The
city
of woe: Kathmandu is failing to ensure its citizens
access to food, housing, transportation, education,
health care, and other basic necessities, by Udaya
R. Wagle (rep 18/07/2018)
Manpower
crunch poses problem in merging government authorities,
by Bhim Chapagain (rep 18/07/2018)
Local
levels in Ramechhap district without employees (ht
15/07/2018)
Lessons
from
a public hearing: There is much to be desired when it
comes to local level governance, but it is taking baby
steps nonetheless, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
13/07/2018)
Under
fire for nonperformance, KMC bosses out to hike own
pay, perks, by Khilak Budhathoki (kp 13/07/2018)
Physical
Infrastructures changing looks of local units, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 10/07/2018)
Row
over authority to manage resources at local level,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 02/07/2018)
Local
government registering Boddhichitta plants, by
Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 01/07/2018)
Job
charm of central level leaves local govts understaffed
(kp 30/06/2018)
End
of fiscal year spending results in shoddy work:
Rupandehi looks for ways to spend Rs 2 billion in 15
days, by Binod Pariyar (rep 29/06/2018)
Elected
representatives in Kalaiya keep their word, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 28/06/2018)
Kathmandu
presents
Rs13b budget for next fiscal year: Provincial and
local governments drew their respective budgets by
incorporating funds allocated by the centre (kp
27/06/2018)
A
year after local election, construction of ward
offices intensified in Mustang, by Sushil Babu
Thakali (rep 26/06/2018)
Pokhara-Lekhnath
Metropolitan City to drop ‘Lekhnath’ from its name
(ht 26/06/2018)
PLMC
gives continuity to old ambitious programs, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 25/06/2018)
Kalaiya
Sub-metropolis unveils budget of Rs 1b (rep
25/06/2018)
Local
bodies to present budget today (rep 24/06/2018)
Karnali
local units prioritize infrastructure development
(rep 23/06/2018)
Strengthening
the Local Level Bodies, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
22/06/2018)
Dharan
Sub-metropolis faces challenge to meet revenue target,
by Rohit Rai (rep 22/06/2018)
Competence
of Municipalities, by Mukti Rijal (rn 21/06/2018)
Local
bodies draw flak over flaunting laws, by Pabitra
Kumar Shahi (rep 21/06/2018), Empower
local
govts: It is imperative that Parliament enact the
required law at the earliest to pave the way for local
governments to hire their staff on their own (ht
21/06/2018)
Policies
formulated by local units contradict constitution,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 20/06/2018)
Civic
body vows to fight fraud and corruption: Mayor
presents KMC plans for current fiscal year (kp
17/06/2018)
‘Reconciliation’
first priority for judicial committees, by Arjun
Oli (rep 17/06/2018)
Civil
staff shortage: Education Ministry under-secretaries
head to local units (kp 13/06/2018)
Circular
on foreign visit issued to local levels (ht
13/06/2018)
Bureaucrats
complain of undue pressure from elected
representatives (rep 12/06/2018)
Disputes
at local units stall development works, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 12/06/2018)
NC
forms shadow governments in Khotang local units
(12/06/2018)
Justice
delivery by local units ineffective due to lack of
legal knowledge, by Nagendra Upadhyay and Ginda KC
(rep 11/06/2018)
Scrapping
of integrated property tax leaves local units in
confusion, by Rohit Rai (rep 11/06/2018)
Service
delivery of local units improves slightly after
elections: TIN survey (rep 10/06/2018)
Local
government fails to live up to people's expectations,
by Daman Rai (rep 06/06/2018)
Dalit
ward member killed, three women held (kp
05/06/2018)
Janakpur
left high and dry by defaulting contractors, by
Suresh Yadav (rep 05/06/2018)
Local
government
duty call evokes poor response: With a total of 21,716
officials already in service, local federal units
across the country require some 16,000 staffers more,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/06/2018)
Disaster
response plan on the anvil: Experts say strengthening
capacity of local level crucial for saving lives
(kp 03/06/2018)
Local
govt permission mandatory for research in Everest
region, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 03/06/2018)
Road
mania grips local levels: Over half of budget for road
projects, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 02/06/2018)
Local
bodies bring codes of conduct for meetings, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 02/06/2018)
Local
levels need 7,000 civil servants (ht 01/06/2018)
Dispute
related to jurisdiction over local resources causes
confusion (ht 30/05/2018)
District
headquarters loses its charm, by Daman Rai (rep
30/05/2018)
46
local units seek revision of names, centres and
boundaries (ht 29/05/2018), Lack
of law hindering service delivery: Municipal chairs
(ht 29/05/2018)
Govt
issues directive on formulation of budget and plan of
local levels (ht 28/05/2018)
Inexperienced
judicial committee heads find justice delivery
challenging, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 27/05/2018)
New
districts’ names to remain same: Any change needs
support of two-third majority in house, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 26/05/2018)
Local
accuse representatives of development bias, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 24/05/2018)
'Singha
Durbars' in rented houses, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
22/05/2018)
Over
7k govt staff apply to serve at local level (kp
21/05/2018)
Local
bodies reluctant to induct deployed account officers
(ht 20/05/2018)
Local
body goes hi-tech in Siraha, by Mithilesh Yadav
(rep 20/05/2018)
Local
level reps accuse education ministry of being
unsupportive (ht 19/05/2018)
Local
representatives spend a year doing nothing (rep
18/05/2018) [This has most of
all to do with the fact that the top politicians
failed to regulate federal structurespowers and laws
before the elections!!]
CDOs
given 15 days for collecting property details of
transport committees (rep 16/05/2018)
Elected
representatives demand salary, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 16/05/2018)
Give
local bodies some more time: Balananda Poudel (rep
15/05/2018), 1
year since local polls: Some elected representatives
perform, but most disappoint (rep 15/05/2018)
Only
a third of local reps submit property details (kp
14/05/2018)
Local
units ask central govt to return rent tax, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/05/2018)
Rural
municipality launches 'one home, one employment'
campaign, by Chabilal Tiwari (rep 09/05/2018)
Road
connectivity: First priority of local units, by
Govinda KC (rep 08/05/2018)
Unspent
grant to local levels added to show high GDP growth
(ht 03/05/2018)
Lack
of laws, staff and physical infrastructure impacting
local levels (ht 02/05/2018)
NNRFC
fixes minimum threshold (ht 02/05/2018)
Judicial
committee fails to settle local disputes (ht
29/04/2018)
Local
unit to appoint mediators, by Himnath Devkota (rep
28/04/2018)
Local
units to the rescue: Depending overly on the security
forces for disaster management is not a good idea,
by Shrijan Bahadur Malla (kp 27/04/2018)
Financial
activities halted in Kalyanpur (kp 26/04/2018)
Local
levels told to check graft, promote good governance
(ht 25/04/2018)
Municipality
starts tearing down illegal structures, by Sarita
Shrestha (rep 24/04/2018)
Municipality
faces court case over 'exploitation' of local
resources, by Devendra Basnet (rep 21/04/2018)
Asserting
Rights: With adequate constitutional safeguards, local
levels are demanding direct budget allocation from
center, by Keshab Poudel (sp 24/04/2018)
Support
enrolment: Local governments need to be strengthened
so that they can strengthen education sector (kp
20/04/2018)
Edu
Ministry pressed to deploy staff to local units
(kp 19/04/2018)
Local
unit judicial decisions backfire for lack of legal
savvy, by Devendra Basnet (rep 18/04/2018), Mediation
at Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn 19/04/2018)
Govt
gives staff 15 days to apply for local unit posts
(kp 17/04/2018)
City
authority designates six areas for public assemblies
(kp 16/04/2018)
Women
stage relay sit-in against mayor, by Tanka Chhetri
(rep 16/04/2018)
Municipality
launches mobile app to promote transparency (ht
16/04/2018)
Lack
of infrastructure affects service delivery (kp
15/04/2018)
Two
dozen obsolete govt offices closed in districts
(kp 12/04/2018)
Systematise
staff management, local levels told (ht
11/04/2018)
Jhapa
development budget to freeze (ht 10/04/2018)
OAG
fails
to audit transactions of six local units: Federal
units in Mahottari—Gaushala Municipality,
Pipara, Manara, Mahottari, Loharpatti and Samsi rural
municipalities—failed to provide sought documents,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/04/2018)
Rural
municipality sans ward secys (ht 07/04/2018), All
wards of a rural municipality sans secretaries
(rep 07/04/2018)
Manpower
crunch a major problem even after nine months of local
govts, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 07/04/2018)
Local
units, DCCs told to furnish details of foreign trips
(kp 06/04/2018)
Ward chief stages sit-in against mayor, by Tanka
Chetri (rep 03/04/2018)
Bharatpur
metropolis defends decision to increase tax rates,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 03/04/2018)
Local
levels required to publish gazette (ht 02/04/2018)
Elected
reps, civil servants refuse to go to local units,
by Pabitra Kumar Shahi (rep 02/04/2018)
Procedure
for hiring technical staff issued (ht 02/04/2018)
Local
units
need 16,080 more staff: Civil servants expected to be
deployed on the seats determined by Cabinet by
the end of current fiscal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 01/04/2018)
Internal
rift among elected representatives troubles service
seekers, by Yubaraj Bibash (rep)
Local
units steal business away from district headquarters,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 01/04/2018)
MoFA
nod must to host diplomats (kp 30/03/2018)
Municipalities
allocate low budget for health services, by
Arjun Bhushal (rep
29/03/2018)
57,354
civil servants to be deputed to local govts (rep
29/03/2018)
District
HQs losing old charm (rep 29/03/2018)
Water
projects not on priority list of local levels in
Ramechhap (ht 28/03/2018)
Local
chamber opposes tax hike by Bharatpur metropolis
(rep 18/03/2018)
Tax
collection jurisdiction of local govts clarified
(ht 27/03/2018)
Ward
chiefs hurl plastic bottles at each other, by
Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 27/03/2018)
2,000
houses in Janakpur face wrecking ball (kp
25/03/2018)
Sunkoshi
RM begins discussions on EWP draft (ht 25/03/2018)
Rural
municipality to help build thatched houses and draw
tourists, by Ganesh BK (rep 25/03/2018)
Textbook
purchase and distribution: Local levels told to
release fund to schools (ht 24/03/2018)
Lack
of fund affects work at Dhading DCC (kp
24/03/2018)
Surkhet
district in need of 200 additional cops (ht
23/03/2018)
Rampur mayor functioning like a 'contractor', by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 22/03/2018)
Kathmandu
Metropolis set to slap Rs23m fine on View Tower
builder, by Anup Ojha (kp 21/03/2018)
'Population
of Ilam declining': Municipality encourages parents to
deliver more number of babies, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 20/03/2018) [???]
Govt
mulls budget transfer to local bodies based on
spending, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 20/03/2018)
Dy
mayors padlock municipal office, tear minutes, by
Suresh Yadav (kp 18/03/2018)
MoFAGA
issues 13-point circular to local levels (ht
16/03/2018)
Rs
75bn
to be transferred to local bodies today: Central
government in uncomfortable position, budget
deficit to shoot up to Rs 56.56bn (ht 15/03/2018)
Pokhara
metropolis starts drafting new laws (kp
13/03/2018)
Campaign
to replace thatched roofs in Palpa, by Madhav
Aryal (kp 12/03/2018)
Local
governments
vow to improve education quality in public schools:
Sinja Rural Municipality in Jumla has allocated Rs
19.9 million to develop teaching-learning environment
(kp 11/03/2018) [related to Jumla]
Govt
frames bill on settlement of cases by local levels
(ht 10/03/2017)
Ward
members express dissatisfaction over deprivation of
perks and benefits, by Arjun Oli (rep 10/02/2018)
Government
planning to scrap DoSMPCI: Market management,
inspection responsibilities to be transferred to local
governments (ht 07/03/2018)
KMC
launches campaign to recover encroached land, by
Anup Ojha (kp 06/03/2018)
Ward
chairs
who fund marriages of poor families: Kailash Yadav and
Hayat Ali donate part of their salary to help poor
parents marry off their daughters in a dignified
manner, by Nabin Paudel (kp 06/03/2018)
Budget-making
process: Local units again facing lack of technical
hands (rep 05/03/2018)
Dunai
shut over municipal HQ row (kp 03/03/2018)
Local
levels, provinces face staff crunch (ht
03/03/2018)
DAOs
still
report to federal government: Province 6 CM says none
of old mechanisms handed over tp provincial govt or
local levels (ht 02/03/2018)
Rural
municipality struggling with lack of resources, by
Dinesh Subedi (reps 28/02/2018)
Rs
210 million from tourism royalties lies stagnant in
Solukhumbu, by Radha Dhungana (rep 28/02/2018)
Local
govts to save wetlands (kp 27/02/2018)
No
presence of local government in Baitadi district
(ht 27/02/2018)
Majority
of local bodies still to hire IT officers, by
Kushal Basnet (rep 27/02/2018)
Panauti
Municipality going green, by Madhusudan Guragain
(rep 26/02/2018)
Representatives
head toward villages to hear public grievances, by
Bhim Chapagain (rep 26/02/2018)
School
management under fed system: Local units start licence
process (kp 25/02/2018)
Lack
of clear laws affects work of judicial committees,
by Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep
25/02/2018)
Rukumkot
stir over HQ switch shows no sign of relenting, by
Hari Gautam (kp 24/02/2018)
84
local units adopt new names, centres (kp
22/02/2018)
Rebuilt
govt offices to be scrapped (ht 22/02/2018)
Mr
Mayor,
do something: Bidya Sundar Shakya is wasting precious
time. If you have occupied highly important position
but do not feel obliged to deliver, it’s a crime,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 21/02/2018)
Local
govts can now contract technical staff (kp
21/02/2018)
Local
bodies in Banke fail to utilise budget, by Thakur
Singh Tharu (kp 21/02/2018)
Confusion
persists over management of schools by local levels
(ht 19/02/2018)
Auditor
General finds errors in account books of local govts,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/02/2018)
Foreign-funded
projects to go to local levels from next fiscal
(rep 18/02/2018)
Hydros
of 1 MW to be affiliated to local units (ht
18/02/2018)
MoAD
to inspect budget implementation at local level
(rep 18/02/2018)
Rajapur,
Geruwa residents uproot fences built to keep off
animals, by Kamal Panthi (kp 17/02/2018)
Locals
in border areas deprived of state facilities (rep
17/02/2018)
Singha
Durbar in villages still a far-fetched dream, by
DB Buda (rep 16/02/2018)
Kanda
village gets rural municipality status (kp
16/02/2018)
More
than 30 injured in clash (ht 15/02/2018)
Lack
of working space affects service delivery (ht
14/02/2018)
Ajayameru
aims to be first ‘e-municipality’, by DR Panta (kp
13/02/2018)
Local
units start resolving legal issues, by Yubaraj
Bibash (rep 11/02/2018)
Unavailability
of banks hits locals hard (ht 10/02/2018)
Local
units 'unable to utilize' engineers, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 10/02/2018)
Bulldozing
democracy: “One third of mayors and village councils
seem to have just one goal: amass personal wealth
rather than serve the people who elected them”, by
Om Astha Rai Rai (nt 09/02/2018)
Local
bodies clueless on managing schools (kp
08/02/2018)
Judicial
committees: In a reflection of true decentralisation,
local units have been allowed to act as judges, by
Krishnaman Pradhan (kp 07/02/2018)
Purchase
of 850 SUVs hits speed bump: Finance Ministry says ‘no
budget', by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/02/2018)
Deputy
mayor dissatisfied with KMC’s performance so far
(ht 03/02/2018)
Rukumkot
protest sees no sign of abatement, by Hari Gautam
(kp 01/02/2018), SC
interim order against govt decision on Rukum (kp
02/02/2018), Residents
CALL off Rukumkot strike, change strategy (kp
03/02/2018)
Govt
offices cannot find new buildings as shifting day
nears, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 30/01/2018)
Local
units facing difficulties due to lack of laws: Reps,
by Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 30/01/2018)
Deputy
mayor throws tantrum demanding car, by Santosh
Singh (kp 30/01/2018)
'Chairpersons
using office vehicle as their own', by Devendra
Basnet (rep 30/01/2018)
Elected
reps, govt staff in tug of war (ht 29/01/2018)
Lack
of infrastructure hits local levels hard (ht
29/01/2018)
Rukumkot
folk protest over district HQ pick, by Hari Gautam
(kp 28/01/2018), Banda
paralyses
daily life in Rukumkot: Protesters burn effigy of
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba over government’s
decision to shift headquarters of Rukum (East), by
Hari Gautam (kp 29/01/2018)
Local
levels’ websites not updated (ht 28/01/2018)
[related to Bara district]
Arrest
warrant issued for ward chair (ht 27/01/2018)
Tingla
to be merged with Solududhkunda: Govt compelled to
intervene after locals protested against LRC's
decision (ht 27/01/2018)
Local
level offices running from district headquarters
Manthali (ht 26/01/2018)
KMC
launches free Wi-Fi zones, CCTV surveillance at ward
10 (kp 25/01/2018)
District
discourse: DDCs’ role in changed context, by Shesh
Raman Neupane and Chay James Garde (ht 25/01/2018)
Hiring
of IT staff by 753 local units to create jobs (rep
24/01/2018)
Local
govt, teacher body at loggerheads (ht 23/01/2018
Local
bodies appropriate agriculture budget (ht
19/01/2018)
Central
govt clueless about spending pattern of local units
(rep 18/01/2018)
Siraha’s
local governments fail to hold crucial council meet,
by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 17/01/2018)
Municipality
launches campaign to manage stray cattle, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 16/01/2018)
Confusion
over spending local level budget (ht 15/01/2018)
Vice-mayors,
deputy chiefs don't know how to handle legal affairs,
Say it may take them another year to understand their
work, by Pooja Chauhan (rep 14/01/2018)
Local
level to license plants up to 1 MW (kp
13/01/2018), ‘Obtain
DoED nod before issuing licence' (ht 13/01/2018)
Lack
of funds: Birgunj Metropolitan City struggling to pay
its bills, by Shankar Acharya (kp 10/01/2018)
Madhyapur
Thimi mayor asked to call regular meetings (ht
08/01/2018)
KVDA
selects consultant for two satellite cities in valley
(ht 08/01/2018)
Elected
officials failing to meet promises irks locals, by
Raju Adhikari (rep 07/01/2018)
Govt
directs local bodies to clear road encroachments
(kp 06/01/2018)
NPC
finds local levels putting all budget on
infrastructure (rep 06/01/2018)
Most
rural municipal wards without secretaries (rep
06/01/2018)
Deploy
graduates to orient local level staff, PM tells NPC
(ht 06/01/2018)
Many
civil servants unwilling to go to local levels, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 05/01/2018)
MoE,
local bodies at odds over federalism (rep
05/01/2018)
MoFALD
asks local levels to clear electricity dues pronto
(ht 04/01/2018)
Elected
representatives fail to deliver in Jajarkot, by
Janak KC (rep 04/01/2018)
With
no legal savvy, local unit judicial panels ineffective,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 04/01/2018)
Local
unit in Rolpa struggling to deliver services, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 04/01/2018)
Lack
of necessary laws affecting performance of local
levels (ht 02/01/2018)
DEOs
yet to hand over power to local levels (ht
01/01/2018)
Local
units asked to purchase Nyano Jhola (kp
28/12/2017)
RM
centre decided thru vote (ht 27/12/2017)
Thori’s
merger unacceptable: Leaders (ht 27/12/2017)
Rolpa
officials under fire over names of municipalities,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 27/12/2017)
Local
level works being carried out from district
headquarters (ht 26/12/2017)
Finance
ministry to bring budget preparation guidelines for
local units (ht 26/12/2017)
Local
levels running with 40pc staffers (ht 25/12/2017)
Staff
crunch paralyses local govts (kp 24/12/2017)
25
districts fail to meet borrowing needs (kp
24/12/2017)
Khumbu
rural municipality collects Rs 40 million in tourist
entrance fee, by Radha Dhungana (rep 24/12/2017)
Elected
representatives disappoint locals of Jhapa: Garbage
issue and poor roads are the biggest concerns of the
people, by Raju Adhikari (rep 23/12/2017)
Rajbiraj
city turning into an eyesore (ht 20/12/2017)
Rat
smelled in KMC medicine purchase for free distribution,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 20/12/2017)
MoFALD
holding
orientation for local level units: The first phase of
three-day orientation programme begins today in
14 districts of Province 1 in their respective
district headquarters (kp 19/12/2017)
Province
4 assembly office building finalised (ht
18/12/2017)
KMC
starts online building plan approval service (kp
16/12/2017)
Local
units liable for their expenditure (ht 16/12/2017)
Local
units undermine agriculture and livestock in budget,
by Kushal Basnet (rep 16/12/2017)
Better
times
for a battered country: With the completion of local
elections and new dynamics coming to the fore at the
grassroots, one cannot but feel optimistic, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 14/12/2017)
Settling
Disputes At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn
14/12/2017)
Municipal
assembly meetings yet to be held (kp 13/12/2017)
Local
units struggle to spend allocated budget (ht
12/12/2017), Low
spending:
Major reason for the local units being unable to spend
the budget was the delay in the endorsement of the
Local Level Operation Act by Parliament (ht
13/12/2017)
Newly
elected
reps reach out to Tingla folk with pledges: People of
Tingla in Necha Salyan-6 boycotted the polls in
protest against local level restructuring, by
Kumbharaj Rai (kp 11/12/2017)
75
local government units are still without executive
officers, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 06/12/2017)
Report
calls for strong local govt (ht 03/12/2017)
Planned
town Punarbas lacks basic facilities, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 03/12/2017)
NPC
to categorise all 293 municipalities into five groups,
by Sabin Mishra (ht 02/12/2017)
120
local units still lack banking access: Governor
(ht 02/12/2017)
Taskforce
to
ensure ministries devolve power to local level:
Secretary says there are still no executive
officers in some 50 local units (kp
02/12/2017)
Local
units
‘not ready yet’ to run secondary schools: KMC Mayor
Shakya says it will take the metropolis at least a
couple of years to manage education up to the
secondary level (kp 01/12/2017)
Chyasal
revisited: Both the people and the town of Chyasal
have grown increasingly tougher with every challenging
metamorphosis, by Kaushal Ghimire (kp 26/11/2017)
Local
govts defy centre’s order on ‘tourism fee’ (kp
08/11/2017) [It is bad for
tourism if the central government is not willing to
understand constitution and federal principles!]
LLFMIS
to be expanded to all local units (ht 05/11/2017)
New
law allows local levels to merge with one another
(ht 03/11/2017)
MoFALD,
MoFA consult over resource-sharing, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 20/10/2017)
‘Govt
needs rs820b to build offices and human capacity at
local bodies’, interview with Finance
secretary Shanta Raj Subedi (kp 19/10/2017)
Local
govts
start work on school education: As around 90 percent
of the federal budget goes to salary, the local
federal units will have to generate their own
resources to invest for quality education, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 18/10/2017)
Residents
demand Darchula be reclassified as remote, by Prem
Chunara (rep 16/10/2017)
Municipalities
without facilities, by Ganesh BK (rep 15/10/2017)
Local
remedies: Giving both executive and judicial rights to
elected local representatives goes against democratic
principles, by Mukti Rijal (rep 15/10/2017)
People
in Tingla Village to boycott polls again, by
Kumbharaj Rai (kp 14/10/2017)
Villagers
elated after getting facilities in their own local
units, by Bishan Chhetri (rep (14/10/2017)
Local
bodies
asked to prepare programmes: People have high hopes
from the govts at grassroots, as they have just
elected their representatives after a gap of around 20
years (kp 14/10/2017)
KMC
bolsters city police force (kp 13/10/2017)
Renu
Dahal votes for UML in DCC election, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (rep 12/10/2017)
Finance
Ministry okays pay for local representatives, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/10/2017)
Mallekh
locals deprived of government services (ht
11/10/2017)
Govt
employees reluctant to report to rural duty stations
(ht 11/10/2017)
Local
units fix wages without laws mandating their action,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/10/2017)
Local
bodies to get share of taxes, royalty from mid-July
(kp 09/10/2017)
Voters
have high expectations from new faces, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 09/10/2017)
District
office chiefs yet to report to work (ht
07/10/2017)
Proposal
on the anvil to build office facilities for
local units, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
05/10/2017)
Local
levels without staffers (ht 03/10/2017)
Indefinite
curfew imposed in Gulariya Municipality in Bardiya
(ht 02/10/2017), Gulariya
under curfew after clash (kp 03/10/2017), Life
returns to normalcy in Lalpur (kp 04/10/2017)
Rural
municipal offices in huts, ward offices run from bags
(ht 27/09/2017)
House
endorses Local Level Governance Act: Legislation opens
door to full-fledged functioning (kp 20/09/2017)
KMC
mayor leaves for Madrid, his deputy in dark (kp
20/09/2017)
Udaypur
local level reps after personal gains, by Shyam
Rai (ht 18/09/2017)
Local
units facing human resource crunch, by Sangam
Gharti Magar (rep 17/09/2017)
Local
Government In Limbo, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
16/09/2017)
Promises
Go Down The Pan, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 14/09/2017)
Government
issues Financial Procedure Law for local levels
(ht 14/09/2017)
45
ward offices in Dolakha sans secy (ht 14/09/2017)
Lack
of law delays hydropower royalty distribution to local
units (rep 14/09/2017)
Objections
to
local units changing their name or centre: The order
dated March 7 says a local federal unit needs to
recommend the central government a change
in the name or centre after local assembly passes the
proposal (kp 13/09/2017)
KMC
office to be temporarily shifted (ht 13/09/2017)
Govt
to train women local representatives (ht
13/09/2017)
Temp
staff must pass test to keep their jobs at local units
(kp 11/09/2017)
Govt
exploring ways to arrange vehicles for local reps
(kp 11/09/2017), 1,500
cars for local units likely to cost Rs 3 billion
(rep 12/09/2017)
Parliamentary
panel
endorses local govt bill: Civic bodies to have power
to register land and issue ownership certificates, as
per its provisions, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
11/09/2017)
Roads
top Bara folks’ demands, by Dipendra Baduwal and
Laxmi Sah (kp 10/09/2017)
EC
directs ministry to set up DCCs (ht 10/09/2017)
Mayor
Shakya blames limited rights for failure: Says govt
still holds sway on local development issues, by
Anup Ojha (kp 08/09/2017), KMC
mayor falls short on tall pledges (ht 08/09/2017),
100
days of incompetence, by Guffadi (kp 09/09/2017)
Under
water: A culture of better preparedness has to be
developed at the local level, by Mandira Singh
Shrestha and Bijay Khadgi (kp 08/09/2017)
Annual
performance evaluation: Valley districts lag far
behind others (ht 08/09/2017)
Centre
dispute settled thru voting in Khotang (ht
07/09/2017)
Voters
disappointed by performance of local representatives,
by Raju Adhikari (rep 07/09/2017)
Intolerable
Situation, by Shyam KC (rn 06/09/2017)
Mayor
fails to fulfill his promises: Locals, by Anil
Bhandari (rep 06/09/2017)
PM:
Fill vacancies at local units in 15 days: Out of the
required 15,000 employees, only around 8,500 have been
deployed so far (kp 05/09/2017)
Maoist
Centre Dolakha forms people’s council (ht
04/09/2017)
New
local reps unable to keep poll promises (rep
02/09/2017)
New
districts operating sans admin set-up: Rukum,
Nawalparasi chief district officers in the dark about
new entities (ht 01/09/2017)
Local
representatives helpless due to lack of laws, by
Raju Adhikari (rep 30/08/2017) [!!!!],
Local
levels’ functioning affected (ht 31/08/2017)
Private
sector to collect KMC advertising revenue (ht
29/08/2017)
House
rent tax: Collection dispute leaves taxpayers in
confusion (kp 27/08/2017) [Introduce
necessary laws immediately and end the unitary state!!]
Resources
For Local Govt, by Mukti Rijal (rn 24/08/2017)
Nine
local levels added to Province 2 (ht 19/08/2017)
Making
Local Leaders Capable, by Mukti Rijal (rn
17/08/2017)
Rolpa
Municipality to formulate laws to validate
insurgency-era decisions, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
16/08/2017)
Local
bodies can open operational account in development
banks (ht 15/08/2017)
Vehicles
worth Rs 81m for 15 mayors (rep 12/08/2017)
Increasing
number of local units: SC vacates its earlier interim
order, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 11/08/2017)
Staff
deployment at local level: Edu staff warn of quitting
en masse (kp 09/08/2017)
Opportunity
for
sustained growth: Degree of success in achieving
national goals rests largely on what local governments
can achieve on the ground, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
08/08/2017)
Truckers
upset
by multiple taxation: A dispute arose in the district
after local bodies declared their right to tax the
export of sand and aggregates extracted from various
rivers in Dhading, by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp
08/08/2017)
Locals
unimpressed with representatives' achievements, by
Devendra Basnet (rep 06/08/2017) [How
shall they, without legal and financial regulations?]
Confusing
LG Judicial Committee, by Mukti Rijal (rn
03/08/2017)
NC,
CPN-MC to form DCC in Jajarkot (ht 03/08/2017)
Unfinished
businessLocal officials have been elected, now their
authority must be spelt out through laws, by
Anurag Devkota (kp 03/08/2017)
Dhadingbesi
tense over municipal office set-up (jz 03/08/2017)
Local
level bodies still without staffers, by Mukti
Prasad Nyaupane (rep 02/08/2017)
Promises
to
keep: Local representatives should invest their
efforts in creating investment friendly environment.
Projects they pledged need huge investment, by
Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 02/08/2017)
Khotang
to form nine-member DCC (ht 29/07/2017)
Good
news in Madi: After much bad press Madi finally has
some good news to share: it has a mayor after 15 years
without locally-elected representatives, by Om
Astha Rai (nt 28/07/2017)
Newly
elected
local reps asked to furnish property detailsAll
elected local representatives must furnish their
property details within 60 days of assuming office
(kp 27/07/2017), NVC
directs local reps to furnish property details (ht
27/07/2017)
Officers
of most rural municipalties stay away from their
workplaces (ht 27/07/2017)
Town
development committees: 2 ministries contest chief
appointments (kp 26/07/2017) [TDCs
must be a local task without any intervention by the
central level!!]
Locals
demand
splitting the administration of Rukum district, by
Devendra Basnet and Ganesh BK (rep 23/07/2017)
Govt
estimates
multiplied revenue rise at local level, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 23/07/2017)
Local
reps, stakeholders oppose bills curtailing rights of
local govt (rep 21/07/2017)
Panels
under
CDOs to manage employees for local units: The centre
will not deploy employees to the local units until the
federal and provincial elections are held, say
officials (kp 20/07/2017)
Elected
representatives
in a fix sans operation procedure (ht 17/07/2017)
Musikot
Municipality
unveils Rs 379 million fiscal budget (rep
17/07/2017)
Hassles
in
deploying officials to local level: Despite dire
warnings, hardly 581 gazetted officials deployed so
far, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/07/2017), 50
amendments
to Civil Servants Bill (kp 16/07/2017)
Lalitpur
mayor announces flyover, monorail, by Deepak
Kharel (rep 16/07/2017)
Bagmati
cleaning
task to be handed over to local levels by next year
(ht 16/07/2017)
KMC
stumped
by ‘unrealistic’ budget proposed by its wards: Up to
Rs 500 million asked by a single ward n Planned budget
unveiling postponed (kp 15/07/2017)
NC
lawmakers
skip municipal assembly (ht 15/07/2017)
Rs
4bln
budget unveiled for Pokhara-Lekhnath Metropolitan City
(ht 14/07/2017)
Question
of
fairness: It is true that self-governance means
identifying and raising one’s own resources, and not
depending too much on the central government (ht
14/07/2017))
Dhurmus-Suntali’s
model
settlement plan in dispute: People opposing the
settlement plan in Lele warn the project could spell
environmental disaster in the area (kp 14/07/2017)
#NotMyFederalism:
Govt-tabled
bill gives 85-90 percent of income generated from
local resources to the centre (kp 10/07/2017), Local
transformations:
Extreme caution and constant improvement are necessary
until local government is established as a
self-maintained system, by Jagannath Acharya and
Hemant Ojha (kp 10/07/2017)
Govt
delays
essential local governance laws: Kathmandu mayor says
their hands are tied in the lack of laws. Local
councils are unable to take policy decisions (kp
09/07/2017), FinMin
requested
to make arrangement for local bodies (kp
09/07/2017), New
structure, lack of laws put local representatives in a
bind, by Ashok Dahal (rep 09/07/2017)
Local
Polls Resounding Success For UML, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 09/07/2017), Dalit
candidate
elected Dhangadi mayor, by DR Panta (kp
09/07/2017)
The
Second-phase
Local Election, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km
08/07/2017)
Unique
Local
Governance Model: Nepal does not fit in any of Nico’s
criteria set out in his report on a dialogue on
comparative local governance system in federations
that was published in 2005, by Surya Dhungel (sp
07/07/2017)
Stingy
budget:
Power has been devolved to local units, but they have
not received matching funding, by Khimlal Devkota
(kp 07/07/2017), Power
without
paisa: The Big Three threaten to roll back
decentralisation by cutting off money supply to newly
elected local councils, by Om Astha Rai (nt
07/07/2017), Devolution
revolution (nt 07/07/2017)
Performance
contract
made mandatory for local levels (ht 07/07/2017)
Laws
sought
for local govt operation (kp 06/07/2017), Lack
of
laws hindering local level reps from exercising rights
(ht 07/07/2017)
Collection
of
15 taxes, fees proposed for local bodies, by Rupak
D. Sharma (kp 06/07/2017)
Tikapur
Mayor pledges to make Tharu the language of official
business, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 05/07/2017)
5
wards of Jaljala threaten lawsuit over HQ dispute:
Chairman of the rural municipality says the centre
cannot be changed as per the wish of a certain section
of people, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp 04/07/2017)
Kavre
struggling
with local level planning (ht 04/07/2017)
KMC
to
go paperless and bring service to people’s doorsteps
(ht 04/07/2017)
Local
Polls: Birth Of Local Government, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn 03/07/2017)
Municipal
executive
regulation issued (ht 03/07/2017)
Kathmandu
View
Tower: KMC’s project runs into fresh controversy:
Environment Ministry says the metropolis has yet to
submit the EIA report on the proposed structure
(kp 01/07/2017)
Local
units yet to start budget preparation process (rep
01/07/2017)
KMC
tears
down Kasthamandap rebuilding structure (kp
30/06/2017) [???]
Competence
Of Local Govt, by Mukti Rijal (rn 29/06/2017)
Ministry
suggests
draft laws for local fed units: Local councils can
pass them with necessary changes (kp 28/06/2017)
LDOs
asked
to Determine size of DCCs (kp 27/06/2017)
Butwal
folk
press parties to keep Province 5 intact, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 25/06/2017)
Bhairahawa's
next mayor will face a city at crossroads, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 24/06/2017)
KMC
Mayor’s 101-point plan: Tourism entrepreneurs not
impressed, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 24/06/2017)
Decision
to
give cellphones to elected representatives: KMC’s move
draws public ire (kp 23/06/2017), KMC
scraps
move to buy cell phones after criticism (kp
25/06/2017)
Hurdles
remain
in staff posting at local level: Officials seek
promotion and ‘respectable’ position in the local
federal units (kp 23/06/2017)
Jaljala
locals
in protest demanding new centre, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 23/06/2017)
Charting
a
new course: KMC’s newly elected officials are making
the right noise but these are still early days for
them (kp 23/06/2017)
Nepal
Bhasa
as official language in metropolis, by Anup Ojha
(kp 22/06/2017)
Govt
to
local units: No ‘arbitrary’ decisions (kp
22/06/2017) [The laws that are
necessary for local government procedures should have
been passed ahead of the local elections!!]
Tingla
residents
boycott election (kp 20/06/2017)
Govt
working on 14 various local governance acts, by
Gyan P. Neupane (rep
20/06/2017)
Local
levels
told to maintain financial discipline (ht
17/06/2017)
Local
representatives
barred from smoking, getting drunk during duty hours
(ht 17/06/2017)
Promote
goods
with comparative advantage in all local units: FNCSI
(ht 16/06/2017)
MPs’
Fund & Local Democracy, by Mukti Rijal (rn
15/06/2017)
Local
politics,
national habits: If only a small fraction of those
elected manage to shine, local elections will have
been a success, by Deepak Thapa (kp 15/06/2017)
PMO:
Deploy
edu officers to 283 local units (kp 15/06/2017)
KMC
gets
down to ‘clean and green’ business: KMC spokesperson
says metropolis is buying five street broomer
vehicles, building new public toilets and planting
trees shortly (kp 15/06/2017)
Orientation
programme
for local representatives begins (ht 14/06/2017)
Local
units told to table budget on July 9: Central
budget-preparation process replicated at the local
level, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 14/06/2017) [Most of the local units will
hardly be elected until then!]
Local
level
restructuring: Proportional representation, by
Birendra P. Mishra (ht 14/06/2017)
NRNA
assure
environment for investment in KTM (kp 13/06/2017)
Town
development committees redundant, scrap them: House
panel, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 13/06/2017)
‘Ensure
local
levels start functioning in two months’ (ht
13/06/2017)
Local
Level Govt And Environment, by Sangita Subedi (rn
12/06/2017)
Local
level
representatives vow to improve services (ht
12/06/2017)
Confusion
surrounds
coordination committee formation in split districts
(kp 11/06/2017)
Birendranagar
municipality
announces innovative programs, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 11/06/2017)
Regulation
to
facilitate making of laws at local levels endorsed
(ht 11/06/2017)
Elected
local
reps may not get fixed salaries (kp 10/06/2017)
Local
government’s rights must not be curbed, interview
with Kashiraj Dahal (rn 05/06/2017)
World
Environment
Day: Integrated plan stressed for dealing with
Valley’s issues, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
05/06/2017)
Locals
want development, not mere promises, by Chatra
Karki and Siddharaj Rai (rep 02/06/2017)
Elected
KMC
officials sworn in: Metropolis announces 11-point
decision, including launch of ‘Clean the City’
campaign, by Anup Ojha (kp 01/06/2017)
Local
leaders express commitment to reopen Myagdi copper
mines, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep 01/06/2017)
Government
preparing
new TOR for local levels (ht 31/05/2017)
Ministries
still hesitant to delegate authority to local units,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 31/05/2017)
Empowering
local
units major focus of budget: The government has also
authorised the local bodies to manage all the
expenditure and operations of the health centres,
health posts and sub-health posts, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 30/05/2017), Local
levels
to manage secondary education (ht 30/05/2017), New
budget hands over of secondary education
responsibility to local govts, by Bishnu Prasad
Aryal (rep 30/05/2017), Budget
has
allocated enough for local levels to operate (ht
30/05/2017)
Budget
to
take on federal structure: Before proper
implementation of budget, the government will have to
prepare a conducive environment for economic
development, by Pawan Timilsina (ht 28/05/2017)
‘Local
bodies
must get adequate budget’ (kp 27/05/2017)
Radically
decentralised:
Newly-elected representatives have a huge challenge to
fulfill the people’s pent-up expectations, by
Dinkar Nepal (nt 26/05/2017)
Tasks
ahead:
The crown jewel of the present Constitution is the
creation of local government bringing most services of
the government to people’s doorsteps (ht
24/05/2017)
12
Tarai
districts to get 22 more local units: Cabinet decides
to upgrade Birgunj and Biratnagar as metropolitan
cities (kp 23/05/2017), Cabinet
adds
22 local levels in Tarai (ht 23/05/2017),
Govt
forms
22 more local units in Tarai districts: EC says it
will now be 'quite difficult' to conduct second round
local polls on June 14, by Bhadra Sharma and Gyan
P. Neupane (rep 23/05/2017), SC
stays
govt decision to add local units in Tarai districts
(kp 27/05/2017), SC
stays
addition of local levels in Tarai: Observes such
changes should be made one year before civic polls,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
27/05/2017) [Under this
consideration the whole local elections would be
invalid!!]
Land
ownership
certificates key concern of Kavre residents (ht
23/05/2017)
Go
green
: Every ward can be asked to develop at least one
garden or park where the local people can enjoy the
beauty of nature and stroll around (ht 23/05/2017)
Final
preps
to increase local units in Tarai: Cabinet said to
endorse the increased number of units on Monday
afternoon (kp 22/05/2017)
Local
representatives
to be oriented on their powers, responsibilities,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/05/2017), 3
more weeks for local governance law to come into
effect (kp 21/05/2017)
Bill
proposes
pay, perks for elected representatives, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 20/05/2017)
Application
templates
for delivery of services from local levels developed
(ht 19/05/2017)
Experts
against increasing number of local units in Tarai
(rep 18/05/2017)
Equitable
distribution of resources for local units unlikely:
Ministries lack data of local units, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 18/05/2017)
KMC
spending
Rs8.4m to furnish offices of elected representatives:
Kushal Enterprises has won the tender to provide
furniture for the offices of the incoming mayor,
deputy mayor and ward level officials by May 24,
by Anup Ojha (kp 17/05/2017)
Budget
for local units: Constituency Development Fund to be
discontinued, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/05/2017), MoFALD
prepares to double local unit budget (rep
17/05/2017)
Empower
the
grassroots: Local bodies must be able to formulate
budgetary programmes on their own (kp 16/05/2017),
Govt
still undecided on allocation of resources for local
units (rep 16/05/2017)
Global
changes,
local responses: District and village level leaders
will have a key role in helping vulnerable communities
deal with climatic changes, by Navin Singh Khadka
(kp 12/05/2017)
Local
elections
in Pokhara: People are encouraged by the possibility
of positive change through a local government, by
Jagannath Adhikari (kp 12/05/2017)
Electing
for
a better future: A village in Kavre is using Sunday’s
election to make up for two lost decades of
development, by Kunda Dixit (nt 12/05/2017)
Mayors,
chiefs to present local budgets within 2 months: Local
representatives to have unprecedented powers, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 12/05/2017)
Update
records
without delay, local levels told (ht 12/05/2017)
Mayor
of
mayhem: Aspiring Kathmandu mayors need to answer a
bunch of questions to help voters make an informed
choice, by Sanjay Poudyal (kp 11/05/2017), Kathmandu
looks
set for unpredictable race (rep 11/05/2017),
Kathmandu mayoral race: Daunting challenges ahead,
by Dinesh Malla (ht 12/05/2017)
Food,
shelter,
clothes our main concerns: Badi locals, by
Tekendra Deuba (ht 11/05/2017)
Jajarkot
folk
demand parties build roads, by Durga Lal KC and
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 11/05/2017), Jajarkot
locals
seek hydro plans in polls, by Bhim Bahadur Singh
(kp 11/05/2017), Will
vote
for one who carries out development work: Jajarkot
locals (ht 11/05/2017)
LG
Should Shun Adjudicative Functions, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 11/05/2017)
After
20
years, Bajura gets ready to vote but not for rice and
salt this time around, by Arjun Shah (kp
10/05/2017)
Candidates
in
Mustang pledge to open Korala, by Binod Tripathi
(kp 08/05/2017)
MoFALD
proposes
Rs 387bn grant for local bodies, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 05/05/2017)
Budget
crunch hits Birgunj town development, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 01/05/2017)
Finance
ministry
still to finalise grant amount for 744 local bodies
(ht 30/04/2017)
Mayoral
missions:
Aspiring Kathmandu mayors need to be serious about
risks from earthquakes and climate change, by
Navin Singh Khadka (kp 28/03/2017)
13
hurt
in Jumla clash (kp 26/04/2017)
Slew
of
contenders for mayoral posts: More than 10 aspirants
from NC for KMC top post (ht 19/04/2017)
Bibeksheel
to field Ranju Darshana for Kathmandu mayor (rep
19/04/2017)
Neglected
village Thawang ready for polls, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 17/04/2017)
22
local
units likely to be added in Provinces 2 and 5:
Government, however, wants Morcha’s nod first to take
the plan ahead (kp 16/04/2017)
Restructuring
of
state brings govt closer to people (ht 16/04/2017)
Govt
issues
ID cards To 3,300 KEP workers (kp 16/04/2017)
Budget
2017-18:
Govt to transfer funds to local bodies directly,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 12/04/2017)
Chiefs
of
local levels barred from taking leave sans MoFALD
approval (kp 10/04/2017)
Rukumputha
Uttarganga
residents threaten to disrupt electoral process
(ht 08/04/2017)
Hunger
strike
against local restructuring (kp 06/04/2017)
Even
744 are too many. Around 300 local units are viable in
the long run, interview with Shyam Krishna Bhurtel
(rep 06/04/2017)
SNNP
plan
to relocate human settlements worry locals (ht
05/04/2017)
Possible
mayoral candidates for Kathmandu emerge (rep
05/04/2017), Central
leaders eye mayoral posts, by Ashok Dahal (rep
05/04/2017)
Agitation
against
restructuring of local bodies (ht 03/04/2017)
KMC
announces
30-pt work plan to better Capital (kp 01/04/2017)
Municipalities
told
to install solar street lights by mid-April (ht
30/03/2017)
Kathmandu
third
most expensive city in SA (ht 28/03/2017)
Tingla
folks obstruct key road protesting new local
restructuring, by Radha Dhungana (rep 25/03/2017)
Rs
5.05 billion distributed to woo voters, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 25/03/2017)
KMC
to
reinstate Ranjana script (kp 23/03/2017)
Protest
in Saptari over downgrading of municipality:
Marketplaces closed, municipality padlocked, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 23/03/2017)
Province
7
gets into election gear (ht 22/03/2017)
Locals
take
civil servants under control; inaugurate rural
municipality (ht 20/03/2017)
Power
to the local units, by Ashok Dahal (rep
18/03/2017)
481
chiefs appointed in rural municipalities (rep
18/03/2017), Local
unit
chiefs deputed (kp 19/03/2017)
Row
over office locations for local units flare (rep
18/03/2017)
Preparations
for new local units move ahead in Province 2 (rep
18/03/2017)
Local
levels
told to open new accounts (ht 17/03/2017)
New
local
bodies operational in Province 1 (ht 16/03/2017)
Local
leaders lobbying for poll candidacy, by Janak KC
(rep 16/03/2017)
Govt
releases Rs 5 million each to 744 local units, by
Kuvera Chalise (rep 16/03/2017)
Strengthen
local
level: To create a vast infrastructure for the local
levels would be a huge task both in terms of budget
and work (ht 16/03/2017)
A
week after fixing 6,680 wards, govt tables bill in
House (rep 16/03/2017), ‘Let
local
levels decide on wards’ boundaries’ (ht
16/03/2017)
Locals
of
Dhikur Pokhari demand inclusion (ht 16/03/2017)
Gaunpalikas
to
be called rural municipalities (ht 15/03/2017)
744
new
local units come into effect (kp 15/03/2017), Newly
formed
local bodies take charge (ht 15/03/2017), Whistle
rally held in Khotang (ht 15/03/2017)
LLRC’s
tenure
ends without completing task, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/03/2017), LLRC
fails to fix special, autonomous and protected regions,
by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 14/03/2017), New
local govt structure revives development hopes, by
Devendra Basnet (rep 14/03/2017)
Province
4
mineral resource rich (ht 14/03/2017)
Trigger
for
growth: A sense of competition among local units to
ensure improved delivery of services would be very
helpful, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 14/03/2017)
Dhikurpokhari
wants
to become part of metropolis (kp 14/03/2017)
Pokhara
Lekhnath
becomes largest metropolitan city (kp 13/03/2017)
Villagers
contest
HQ positioning for Sandakpur Village Council (kp
13/02/2017)
EC
asks
govt to depute staff to local levels by Thursday,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 12/03/2017), MoFALD
seeks
staff for local units (kp 12/03/2017)
Govt
to release at least Rs 10 million to each of 744 local
units for operation, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep
09/03/2017)
DDCs
told
not to hold district council meeting (ht
08/03/2017)
Panel
to
suggest 17 more local units in State 2 (kp
04/03/2017), Task-force
proposes
to increase 25 local units (rep 04/03/2017), Number
of
local units reaches 744: 21 more in Province 2
(kp 06/03/2017), Govt
to
create 744 local levels: Of the additional 25
civic bodies, 21 to be in province 2 (ht
06/03/2017), Writ
petition filed against govt decision to increase local
units (rep 07/03/2017)
Time
to
complete task not enough: LBRC (ht 03/03/2017)
Protest
against
local bodies restructuring resumes in Khotang (ht
27/02/2017)
Chitwan,
Parsa
lag in budget expenditure: Chitwan has received a
budget allocation of Rs3.6b for this fiscal year, but
it has been able to spend only Rs882m so far, by
Shiva Puri and Shankar Acharya (kp 20/02/2017)
Revision
of
LBRC report unlikely (ht 18/02/2017)
Local
level
restructuring: Add units in Province 2, recommends
taskforce (kp 17/02/2017)
Local
bodies’
staffers stage protest (ht 17/02/2017), Local
bodies
resume service delivery: Protesting trade unions pen
pact with govt (ht 18/02/2017)
Local
level restructuring: Jhapa to have 15 local level
units (rep 16/02/2017)
Govt
to give 50 pc incentive to VDC secy's (rep
15/02/2017)
Number
of
local units could go up not exceeding 744 (kp
14/02/2017), LLRC
report
implementation must start by Sunday, says EC (kp
14/02/2017),
Local
body
staff on warpath: Services at local level affected due
to stir against proposed law, by Anil Giri (kp
14/02/2017), Service
seekers
hit by protests (kp 15/02/2017), Local
body
employees threaten to intensify protest (ht
15/02/2017)
Protesting
local
level employees halt works: The staffers, who have
been staging a peaceful protest for over a week,
say the authorities concerned paid no heed
to their demands (kp 13/02/2017)
Local
level
restructuring: A few tweaks to report is what Morcha
seeks; Calls for adding 100 units in Tarai to make
recommendations acceptable, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/02/2017)
Local
bodies
told to comply with diplomatic code (ht
10/02/2017)
Shankharapur
residents
padlock municipal office: Shankharapur locals have
objected to the LLRC report which suggests annexing
the municipality into Kajeshwori Manohara (kp
06/02/2017)
Taskforce
to
study issues related to LLRC report (kp
03/01/2017)
VDC
secretaries
halt work in Jhapa (ht 02/02/2017)
Doti
government
offices defying building code (ht 30/01/2017)
Locals
gradually
allow outsiders to settle in Mustang, by Binod
Tripathi (kp 29/01/2017)
LBRC
starts
hiring experts on public administration (ht
26/01/2017)
17
wounded
in Nuwakot clash, by Krishna Thapa (kp 26/01/2017)
[on local level restructuring], Nuwakot
grapples
with fresh turmoil (kp 28/01/2017)
NC
lawmakers
want revision to LLRC report (kp 24/01/2017), Ministry
finalizes proposal on new local units, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 24/01/2017)
DDC
staff
in Nuwakot stage pen-down strike, by Krishna Thapa
(kp 23/01/2017)
Over
a dozen govt offices in rented property, by Mukti
Prasad Nyaupane (rep 23/01/2017) [Related to Palpa]
Over
dozen
injured in protest against LLRC report (kp
21/01/2017)
Saptari
lawmakers
against report of restructuring panel (ht
18/01/2017), Saptari
leaders
condemn LBRC report (ht 19/01/2017)
Local
restructuring:
Agitating Kanda locals prevent police from entering
village, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 15/01/2017)
KMC
gears
up to construct new office building, by Anup Ojha
(kp 15/01/2017)
Local
level
restructuring: Madhesi parties want population as
basis (kp 14/01/2017)
KMC
unveils
Rs5.37b budget for next fiscal: Infrastructure,
city beautification and greenery projects,
reconstruction of damaged structures, land
pooling and traffic accorded priority, by Anup
Ojha (kp 10/01/2017)
Khotang
villagers
protest LLRC report (kp 09/01/2017), Protest
in
Khotang against restructuring modality (ht
09/01/2017)
Local
bodies
won’t be sustainable if they cannot generate revenue,
interview with Khem Raj Nepal (kp 09/01/2017)
Transfer
of
LDO sparks uproar in Nawalparasi (kp 09/01/2017)
70
staff
proposed for each local unit (kp 08/01/2017)
LLRC
submits
report to prime minister: Country to have 719 village
and municipal councils, by Binod Ghimire (kp
07/01/2017), LBRC
report
proposes 719 local bodies: Number of autonomous,
special areas to be fixed later, by Rupesh Acharya
(ht 07/01/2017), Commission
proposes 719 local units, by Sangeet Sangroula
(rep 07/01/2017)
Govt
agrees
to receive LLRC report, finally (kp 06/01/2017)
LBRC
working
to determine autonomous, protected regions (ht
04/01/2017)
Commission
fixes 716 local units in the new federal system: Yet
to fix special, protected or autonomous areas, by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep 29/12/2016)
Local
level
restructuring row: Kanda locals turn against govt
offices, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 28/12/2016)
KMC,
China’s
Chengdu to become sister cities (kp 23/12/2016), Kathmandu
and
Chengdu become sister cities (kp 24/12/2016)
Local
level
restructuring: 725 units suggested in LLRC’s final
report; PM Dahal yet to receive the document due to
his busy schedule; The LLRC has sought time from the
prime minister to submit its report for today, but it
was yet to hear from him till Tuesday night (kp
21/12/2016), LLRC
writes
to PM Dahal to receive report, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 27/12/2016), LBRC
seeks
time to submit report: Writes a letter to PM after
government's refusal to accept it (ht 27/12/2016)
[??]
Local
self-governance:
Matters of function, by Shesh Raman Neupane (ht
19/12/2016)
Homeless
people
being rehabilitated in Chitwan, by Tilakram Rimal
(ht 18/12/2016)
Municipalities
asked
to furnish details of solar lights installed (ht
17/12/2016)
20
kg
rice to families for birth or death functions in
Karnali region (ht 15/12/2016)
LLRC
Province
2 coordinator resigns: Commission’s extended deadline
to submit its final report ends today (kp
15/12/2016),
Rajapur
Municipality
banda affects life (kp 15/12/2016), LBRC’s
tech
panel to finalise report of Province 2 (ht
15/12/2016)
Locals
against
demolishing Fewa lake shanties (kp 14/12/2016)
Rajapur
Municipality
shut over local restructuring proposal (kp
13/12/2016)
New
bill drafted with ward as unit of service delivery,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 13/12/2016)
Commission
gives MPs two days to agree on Province 2 local units
(rep 09/12/2016)
DAOs
told
to implement CCTV operation code (ht 08/12/2016)
LBRC
invites
stakeholders for meeting (ht 07/12/2016)
Khotang
locals
resort to stir (ht 06/12/2016)
Local
body commission extends deadline to mid-December
(rep 30/11/2016)
LLRC
working
on local units in Province 2, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/11/2016)
VDC
secys
told to remain at their work stations (kp
28/11/2016)
Ministry
to draft federal, provincial laws on local governance
(rep 28/11/2016)
VDC
secretaries
continue to play truant (ht 26/11/2016)
Protests
continue
against restructuring proposals (kp 22/11/2016)
KMC's
urban poverty reduction plans reach nowhere, by
Gyanu Sapkota (rep 19/11/2016)
Bolstering
Democratic Legitimacy: Local Institutions Are The Key,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 17/11/2016)
Local
level
restructuring: Clash in Sankhuwasabha leaves 15 people
injured (kp 17/11/2016), Restructuring
model
protested in Khotang (ht 17/11/2016)
Local
level
restrucuring: Villagers threaten to give up
citizenships; The people of Kanda VDC in Bajhang are
in protest demanding a separate village council status,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 16/11/2016), 515
people
renounce their citizenships in protest, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 01/12/2016)
Protests
go
on against LLRC proposals (kp 15/11/2016),
Demonstration
held
against state restructuring model (ht 15/11/2016),
DTAC
reports
sent back for not meeting standards (ht
15/11/2016)
Govt
staff
yet to report back to work after Dashain holidays
(kp 14/11/2016)
14
local
bodies mooted for Kavre (ht b14/11/2016)
LLRC
report
not likely before first week of Dec: District level
technical committees in Province 2 yet to start work;
Commission to send a team of officials to take stock
of situation (kp 13/11/2016), 19
districts
fail to submit proposals to LBRC within deadline
(ht 13/11/2016)
Demo
to
press for new municipality (kp 12/11/2016)
Local
level
restructuring: 58 districts yet to hand in reports
(kp 06/11/2016), Morcha
leaders
refuse to recognise LLRC’s work (kp 06/11/2016), Local
bodies’
restructuring process enters final phase: Eight
districts posing hurdles, by Prakash Acharya (ht
07/11/2016), Chepangs
demand
separate village assembly (ht 07/11/2016), LLRC
to
fix local units on its own if hurdle stays: In
Province 2, discussions remain obstructed, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2016), Two
options
proposed for formation of local bodies in Kathmandu
(ht 08/11/2016), Fewer
the
better: Too small local units would make it difficult
to make them sustainable, effective and efficient in
their assigned responsibilities (ht 08/11/2016), 47
districts
submit reports to LBRC (ht 09/11/2016)
LBRTSC
proposes
six local units for Myagdi (ht 06/11/2016)
Bajura
VDCs
without secys (ht 06/11/2016)
Local
level
restructuring: Focus on service and participation,
by Birendra P. Mishra (ht 25/10/2016)
Local
level
restructuring: LLRC fixes a maximum of 744 units,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/10/2016), Madhes-based
parties
find fault with LLRC’s criteria, term it biased,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 23/10/2016)
Better
get
going: Denial of local democracy has resulted in
grievous injury to almost every aspect of national
life, by Krishna Man Pradhan (kp 21/10/2016)
Local
bodies
in limbo: The big parties have been overriding
expert panels and deciding issues on their own,
by Kamal Devkota and Dil Khatri (kp 18/10/2016)
LBRC
seeks
data on ilakas from MoFALD (ht 15/10/2016)
Debunking
political
arguments: According to decentralisation experts, the
ideal number of local bodies for a country like Nepal
is about 300, by Sachchi Ghimire Karki (kp
05/10/2016)
Local
level
restructuring: LLRC decides to seek clarity on govt
move: To miss deadline as it has to work from scratch
if it follows the new ToR, by Binod Ghimire (kp
30/09/2016), LBRC
member
to move SC against govt’s decision, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 30/09/2016),
SC
rejects
petition against govt decision (ht 01/10/2016), Local
level
restructuring: Govt accedes to LLRC call, set to
revise ToR; To make area clusters (Ilakas) ‘one of the
bases’ instead of ‘main basis’; To extend report
submission deadline by a month till mid-November,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/10/2016), LBRC
Terms
of Reference to be revised, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
04/10/2016), Big
parties drop ilaka as basis for local units: Govt to
revise new terms of reference at next cabinet;
Commission flexible on number of units, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 04/10/2016), Local
level
restructuring: Difficult to meet mid-November
deadline: LLRC, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/10/2016),
Govt
relents as commission objects to ilakas as basic units
(rep 07/10/2016)
Local
level
restructuring: LLRC takes exception to three-party
deal; Says such agreement defeats the purpose of
forming the commission; Urges parties to be mindful of
the jurisdiction of constitutional body, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/09/2016)
Ilakas
to
be basis for local body formation: Major parties agree
to use 927 areas as reference, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 26/09/2016) [The Ilaka
have been part of King Mahendra's politics of cutting
ethnic boundaries!!], Big
3 agree in principle to some 900 village units
(rep 27/09/2016)
Consolidation
or
fragmentation: With different practices of defining
local government’s size around the world, a plausible
model for Nepal should be home-grown, by Khum Raj
Punjali, Trilochan Pokharel and Rajendra Adhikari (kp
22/09/2016)
Parties
agree
to form 12 local bodies in Kavre (ht 20/09/2016)
Local
body
restructuring: 38 districts submit recommendations as
extra time ends, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/09/2016)
Absence
of
secys its services in Bhojpur VDCs: People in some
places are making several days of journey on foot to
get to the district headquarters to meet VDC
secretaries, by Bidhya Rai (kp 16/09/2016)
VDCs
fail
to submit social security allowance details (ht
16/09/2016)
Govt
to
set up climate-smart villages: The climate-smart
village concept will be applied in two districts from
each of the seven federal provinces (kp
15/09/2016)
Two
dozen
Bhojpur VDCs without secretaries (ht 15/09/2016)
Recipe
for
failure: The proposed local jurisdictions are too
large and they have too many responsibilities, by
Bigyan Prasai (kp 13/09/29016)
Irate
Panchthar
locals picket DDC office, stage protest (ht
12/09/2016)
Local
difficulties:
There is a huge gap between people’s expectations and
the delivery of public services, by Manisha Lamsal
(kp 06/09/2016)
Panchthar
proposes
two municipalities, five village assemblies: Number of
bodies proposed exceeds Local Bodies Restructuring
Commission's prescription (ht 05/09/2016)
Even
565
local units are too many given our resource crunch,
interview with Balananda Paudel, Chairman of the LLRC
(kp 29/08/2016), Make
a
decision: Parties should either amend LLRC’s terms of
reference or accept its recommendation (kp
30/08/2016), Parties
still
at stalemate on local restructuring: NC, UML at odds
over numbers; Dahal warns of knock-on effect on
election plans, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 31/08/2016)
VDCs
turned into municipalities without meeting basic
criteria, by Krishna KC (rep 24/08/2016)
Local
body
restructuring: NC makes a pitch for at least 1,000
units; Deuba says elections a must, calls for
consensus on statute amendment, by Sarin Ghimire
(kp 23/08/2016) [Mr Deuba, you
were the one who dissolved the last elected local
bodes for political motives in 2002!!], UML
to
go by LBRC proposal, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/08/2016)
Local
power:
Population size should not be the primary
consideration when restructuring local bodies, by
Upendra Bahadur BK (kp 21/08/2016)
Local
body
restructuring; Parties in bid to forge consensus in 15
days, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/08/2016), Local
body
restructuring: Lawmakers find fault with LBRC’s work;
Object to 565 local units; Demand dissolution of the
commission, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/08/2016)
VDC
secys
resume work in Rautahat (ht 15/08/2016)
Local
body
restructuring: Maoist Centre calls for broader
consensus, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 13/08/2016)
NC
district chiefs suggest interim local polls: Advise
electing local representatives under existing
structure for now, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep
13/08/2016)
Local
Democracy In Crisis, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
13/08/2016)
Locals
of
Bharapa protest VDC split (ht 12/08/2016)
PM
advised
to focus on implementing statute: Lawmakers want work
of the local bodies’ reconstruction commission
reorganised (ht 09/08/2016), Lack
of
clarity regarding Rukum district split fuels disputes,
by Adarsha KC (ht 09/08/2016)
Gathabandhan
asks
panel on local body restructuring to stop work (kp
29/07/2016)
LLRC
for
drastic cut in number of local bodies: The commission
is mulling over forming 565 local bodies, including
townships and municipalities, down from the existing
3,374 VDCs and municipalities across country (kp
19/07/2016), Local
Bodies
Commission fixes number of units at 565 (ht
19/07/2016), Local
level
restructuring: Morang, Ruphandehi to have most numbers
of local bodies (kp 01/08/2016), Political
interest dominates local body restructuring debate
(rep 04/08/2016)
All
35
KMC ward offices set to go digital today, by Anup
Ojha (kp 17/07/2016)
Local
body
restructuring: Commission unlikely to finish task on
time; Delay could hit local body poll plan, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 06/07/2916)
56
VDC secretary posts still remain vacant (rep
30/06/2016)
KMC
set
to go digital starting July 16: Says preparations to
introduce e-governance in all 35 wards almost
completed (kp 29/06/2016)
House
panel
lists bases for local body restructuring (kp
22/06/2016)
Municipality
in
Ilam with data on fingertips, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 10/06/2016)
Waling
declared
the cleanest among 217 municipalities (kp
09/06/2016)
Doubling
grants
to local bodies: FinMin defends move; Says the govt
wants to make local bodies more powerful,
resource-rich (kp 30/05/2016)
VDC
secys
complain of workload, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp
23/05/2016)
Frequent
transfers
affect work at DDC (ht 15/05/2016)
Civic
polls
not on govt priority list, by Prakash Acharya (ht
26/04/2016)
KMC
to
introduce online service in July (kp 24/04/2016)
Local
bodies’
concept within four months (ht 22/04/2016) [??]
Govt
promises
extra perks to get VDC secys down to work: 50pc of
salary among incentives to be given shortly, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp 17/04/2016)
Many
Rautahat
VDCs without secretaries (ht 09/04/2016)
Village
secretaries
throw spanner in rebuilding works (kp 08/04/2016)
Plan
to
add 34 more municipalities halted, by Gaurav Thapa
(kp 07/04/2016)
Dhading
VDC
secys refuse to work in 15 villages (kp
07/04/2016)
Municipalities
directed
to set up info centres: Under Local Self-governance
Act-1999, municipalities are required to open, operate
and manage libraries and reading halls in their
respective areas (kp 06/04/2016)
Rasuwa
VDC
secys go on protest, could hit reconstruction works,
by Krishna Thapa (kp 04/04/2016) [Which
reconstruction works??]
Brigunj
town
struggles to get back on its feet: Revenue collection
falls to Rs220m from Rs320-350m, by Bhushan Yadav
(kp 26/03/2016)
Government
offices
in Dadeldhura fail to submit quarterly progress report,
by Baburam Shrestha (ht 26/03/2016)
KMC's
second
quarter review: Spending slow, revenue collection
target unmet, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 26/03/2016), 6,000
solar
street lamps to be installed (kp 26/03/2016)
Six
new
municipalities recommended (ht 25/03/2016)
Panel
on
local government For service delivery, by Mukti
Rijal (ht 24/03/2016)
Commission
to
determine boundaries (ht 15/03/2016), Local
body
restructuring commission formed: Nine-member panel
tasked with determining the number and borders of
Village and Municipal Councils, by Gaurav Thapa
(kp 16/03/2016) [Most of them
mae Tagadharis, especially Bahuns]
Bhaktapur,
Lalitpur
DDCs budget passed (kp 07/03/2016)
Nepalgunj
Sub
Metropolitan operating headless, by Arjun Oli (rep
01/03/2016)
Halesi
recommended
for declaration as municipality (ht 28/02/2016)
KMC
to
inspect abattoirs, burial grounds in Capital (kp
27/02/2016)
Municipality
to
take in more VDCs (ht 25/02/2016)
Dipayal-Silgadi
municipality
to be split (ht 25/02/2016)
Kathmandu
city:
Concepts like decentralisation, local sovereignty and
democracy have failed to materialise, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 21/02/2016)
Local
Dispute Resolution In Nepal: Major Issues And Concerns,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 18/02/2016)
Govt
to
appoint section officers as VDC secretaries in
quake-affected districts, by Bhadra Sharma (kp
17/02/2016)
KMC
fails
to get big cash from cinemas, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
15/02/2016)
Making
politics
work: Lack of locally elected bodies has led to
serious dysfunctions in governance (kp 11/02/2016)
The
less
the merrier: Restructuring local bodies has become the
central issue on the local governance front, by
Khim Lal Devkota (kp 09/02/2016)
Competent
Personnel Recruitment: Key To Local Government
Performance, by Mukti Rijal (rn 04/02/2016)
Hold
local
polls, House panel tells govt (kp 29/01/2016), Local
body
restructuring commission soon: Thapa: The new
constitution states that the state will be
restructured into three levels--federal, provincial
and local (kp 30/01/2016) [??],
Legal
hurdle
for local poll preps: Electoral law amendment proposal
gathers dust at Home Ministry (kp 30/01/2016)
Local
Governance In Nepal: Some Landmark Events, by
Mukti Rijal (rn 28/01/2016)
New
municipalities
in offing: Recently announced local bodies complain
they are yet to get human resource, budget; Since May
2014, the government has announced 159 new
municipalities, by Prahlad Rijal and Gaurav Thapa
(kp 23/01/2016), Defending
new
municipalities, government calls for celebration,
by Gaurav Thapa (kp 28/01/2016)
Local
bodies
told to construct helipad in each VDC, municipality
(ht 23/01/2016)
Poor
coordination
hits KMC’s revenue target, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
22/01/2016)
Local
Democratic Institutions: Key To Political
Democratisation, by Mukti Rijal (rn 21/01/2016)
Kavre
spends
measly 12 pc of budget (ht 19/01/2016)
KMC
proposes
Rs 3.66 billion fiscal budget (kp 13/01/2016)
41
municipalities
asked to hire one engineer each (ht 10/01/2016)
KMC
chief
Tamang pledges major reforms, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
01/01/2016), KMC
launches
‘Ktm Metro’ Mobile app (kp 01/01/2016)
Families
deprived
of land ownership certificates (ht 31/12/2015)
Absence
of
VDC secys paralysing local govt: Quake victims facing
hard time; Reconstruction work likely to be hit,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp 20/12/2015), Govt
directed
to fill vacant VDC secy posts (ht 20/12/2015)
KMC
to
let pvt contractor run City Market, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 18/12/2015)
KMC
looking
for new office, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 17/12/2015)
KMC
marks
20th anniv (kp 16/12/2015)
KMC
field
survey results: More than half of service seekers
dissatisfied, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 18/11/2015)
Election
of
local bodies still uncertain (ht 26/10/2015) [Party leaders don't need local
elections! They are only interested in their power
games at the centre, nothing else!]
VDC
secretaries
left jobless: Authorities say the problem was created
as the concerned ministry could not transfer VDC
secretaries not required in the district, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 14/10/2015)
Grassroots
elections:
The absence of local-level leaders resulted in
multiple problems during relief work after the quake,
by Binayak Basnyat (kp 30/08/2015)
Budget
worth
millions of rupees frozen (ht 01/08/2015) [related
to Khotang and Ramechhap]
Chitrawan,
a
model municipality (ht 08/07/2015)
Going
local:
Local representatives must be elected for the
government to better organise its reconstruction
efforts, by Krishna Man Pradhan (kp 28/06/2015)
Govt
to
review officials’ quota in districts (ht 18/06/2015)
CDOs
of
eight districts transferred, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
10/06/2015), Parties
in
Ramechhap object to CDO transfer, by Tika Prasad
Bhatta (11/06/2015)
Preparation
to
appoint VDC secys, Assign more officials for rehab
(kp 04/06/2015)
Local
all-party
mechanisms face charge of hampering relief work (ht
24/05/2015)
NC
cadres
on warpath (ht 24/04/2015)
Local
residents
want service centres established in Dharan (kp
19/04/2015)
Govt
urged
to hold local body election (kp 18/04/2015)
Absence
of
DDC chief affecting development work in Bajura (ht
13/04/2015), Absence
of
secretaries halts work (ht 16/04/2015)
Dang,
Bardiya
locals hail govt service extension, by Kamal
Panthi and Durga Lal KC (kp 12/04/2015)
Transfer
of
power: DDCs will not be needed under federalism as
village and municipal governments will be capable
enough, by K.L. Devkota (kp 06/04/2015)
Lack
of
VDC secys hampering work (ht 06/04/2015)
Local
budget
being spent on road projects haphazardly (ht
05/04/2015)
Cops,
protesters
clash in Gaur; 60 hurt, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht
04/04/2015), Curfew
in
Gaur as violence flares, by Shiva Puri (kp
04/04/2015), Protest
continues
in Gaur; locals, cops clash: Administration declares
certain areas restricted zone to prevent untoward
incident, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 05/04/2015), Agitators
refuse
talks as strike enters fifth day (ht), Talks
ahead,
Gaur limps to normal, by Shiva Puri (kp
06/04/2015), Probe
Gaur
incident: NHRC (ht 06/04/2015), Border
village
new flashpoint as Gaur violence spills over: Area
tense after Armed Police Force post faced bullets from
‘miscreants’ across border, by Shiva Puri (kp
07/04/2015), No
easy
answer: Events in Gaur are a manifestation of the
undercurrents of Tarai-Pahad dichotomy (kp
07/04/2015), Restive
Gaur
faces double whammy, by Shiva Puri (kp
08/04/2015), CCI
withdraws
protest, oppn bloc calls another, by Shiva Puri
(kp 09/04/2015), FNCCI
calls
off indefinite strike in Gaur: 30-party alliance
rejects decision; Gives continuity to agitation saying
it was not part of talks (ht 09/04/2015), Oppn
alliance
calls off stir, by Shiva Puri (kp 10/04/2015), The Gaur
Incident And Its Message, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
10/04/2015)
VDC
secys
reluctant to reach their duty stations: The trend of
VDC secretaries staying away from remote VDC offices
has seriously affected service delivery in Myagdi and
Gorkha districts, by Ghanashyam Khadka and Sudip
Kaini (kp 03/04/2015)
Revitalising
Local Governments: Political Commitment Is Needed,
by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 28/03/2015)
Manhandling’
of
LDO riles govt staff (kp 13/03/2015)
Consolidating
dispersed
settlements planned: Government mulls pilot project in
Bajura where human development index is lowest, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 12/03/2015)
Municipalities
directed
to regulate compound walls (ht 08/03/2015)
Ward
offices
to offer web service (kp 22/02/2015)
Problems
galore
in fresh municipalities (ht 16/02/2015)
Declaring
new
municipalities: Need basis or political decision? Many
newly declared municipalities do not qualify for urban
areas, by Bijaya K. Shrestha and Reetu Shrestha
(ht 14/02/2015)
Regional
HQ
plan in limbo for lack of funds (ht 12/02/2015)
Govt
mulls
ICT-friendly VDCs, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
10/02/2015)
Budget
crunch
ails new municipalities, by Kaushal Ghimire (kp
09/02/2015)
Locals
up
in protest over land appropriation (ht 05/02/2015)
Lalitpur
DAO
set to go digital, by Kaushal Ghimire (kp
03/02/2015)
Lalitpur
city
orientation in added wards, by Kaushal Ghimire (kp
02/02/2015)
Birgunj
sub-metropolis
breaches finance rules, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
01/02/2015)
Political
infiltration
marring traditional practices (ht 20/01/2015)
Bara
village
remains tense after clashes, by Laxmi Sah (kp
16/01/2015)
KMC
announces
budget of Rs 3.88b (kp 15/01/2015)
Pokhara
aspires
to become int’l city (ht 12/01/2015)
Absence
of
staffhits DDC services (ht 11/01/2015)
Fiat
to
appoint staff at municipalities (ht 08/01/2015)
Fresh
recruits
deputed to VDCs (ht 08/01/2015)
Beyond
Reasonable Scope, by Shyam K.C. (rn 30/12/2014)
Merger
of
VDC challenged in court (ht 29/12/2014)
Com. Rohit's Bhaktapur: An Exemplary Work, by Prem
Khatry (rn 23/12/2014)
Locals
hopeful
of Greater Birgunj becoming a reality, by Ritesh
Tripathi (kp 20/12/2014)
Upgrade
to
a municipal ward leaves locals of erstwhile VDC upbeat,
by Sangeet Sangroula (rep 20/12/2014)
Passport
Dept
to fast-track MRP process from districts, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/12/2014)
Municipal
Governance Popularism Vs Pragmatism, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn 13/12/2014)
Debate
hots
up over City Hall management, by Samik Kharel (kp
09/12/20914)
Carrot
and
stick: Current mechanisms to monitor the performance
of local bodies can be replicated by future provincial
governments, by K.L. Devkota (kp 04/12/2014)
Govt
announces
61 municipalities (kp 03/12/2014), Government
announces
61 more municipalities (ht 03/12/2014), Govt
creates
61 new municipalities, by Santosh Ghimire (rep
03/12/2014), 'Random'
declaration
of municipalities upsets locals (rep 04/12/2014),
Why
the
haste? (rep 04/12/2014)
Govt:
New
mgmt for City Hall; Officials at Kathmandu
Metropolitan City, which used to manage the hall,
oppose the government plan, by Samik Kharel (kp
01/12/2014)
Absence
of
VDC secretaries hits Kailali squatters hard, by
Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 22/11/2014), Service
seekers
suffer as VDC secretaries stay put at headquarters,
by Krishna Oli (rep 22/11/2014)
VDC
secretaries
stay put at HQ; villagers suffer (ht 18/11/2014)
Rautahat
DDC,
VDCs fail to meet MCPM (ht 14/11/2014)
Service
seekers
in lurch as VDC secys play truant, by Ghanashyam
Khadka (kp 12/11/2014)
Most
far-west
office chiefs yetto report after festivals: Thousands
in the region deprived of service due to absence of
office chiefs (ht 04/11/2014)
Land
fragmentation:
End to plotting sans local body permit, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp 03/11/2014)
People
deprived
of govt services as VDC secretaries play truant,
by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 30/10/2014)
Bank
on
it: The prevalent system of allowance distribution
through VDCs is corrupt, by Suraj Sharma (rep
20/10/2014)
Okhaldhunga
DAO
in sorrystate, service seekers suffer (ht
16/10/2014)
Right
from
start: Absence of elected representatives has turned
local bodies into local government units without
opposition, by Anirudra Neupane (rep 23/09/2014)
With
limited
funds, KMC revises plans for Capital, by Samik
Kharel (kp 22/09/2014)
House
panel
to study bases of municipalities (kp 08/09/2014)
Mugu
VDC
elders set rule for community: Threaten residents with
expulsion, fines for violation, by Suman Malla
(rep 04/09/2014)
Janakpur
folks
want plan implemented (ht 02/09/2014)
Call
for
declaring Godavari new municipality (ht
19/08/2014)
Tough
battle:
Transparency and accountability, two fundamentals of
good governance, have collapsed without people's
representatives, by Purnahari Amatya (rep
17/08/2014)
Civic
Engagement
In Local Governance, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn
16/08/2014)
New
Lalitpur
chief, by Nirmala Adhikari (kp 06/08/2014)
Far-west
regional
offices sans chiefs: Some are in Kathmandu, others
have gone on leave (ht 02/08/2014)
Dhankuta
and
Butwal ranked first in municipality rating with 88
pts: Itahari second; Pokhara, Ghorahi third (ht
01/08/2014)
Rajpur
government
offices: Offices wear deserted look, by Mohan
Shahi (kp 29/07/2014)
Most
of
Sindhuli govtoffices sans chiefs (ht 28/07/2014)
KMC
annual
budget putsfocus on SAARC summit (ht 20/07/2014)
VDC
secys
defy DDC’s transfer order, by Tekendra Deuba (ht
28/06/2014)
Inclusive
local
governance: Bold measures are required, by Pranav
Bhattarai (ht 18/06/2014)
Banke
DDC
doles out fundsillegally on eve of fiscal end (ht
06/06/2014)
Government
to
start land pooling for new towns: NTPCO to implement
the project in Phidim, Khurkot and Chaurjahari in
first phase (ht 05/06/2014)
Govt
offices
shut in Rukum for months (ht 30/05/2014)
New
municipalities
to add Rs 2b burden on government, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 26/05/2014)
How
Serious
Are Our Local Bodies?, by Shyam K.C. (rn
20/05/2014)
Dipayal
Valley
in jeopardy (ht 19/05/2014)
Govt
announces
72 new municipalities: List includes 41 declared
earlier; Total number 130 (kp 09/05/2014), Govt
declares
72 new municipalities (ht 09/05/2014), 72
new
municipalities announced (rep 09/05/2015), 'Nearly
2
dozen new municipalities soon': Almost half a dozen
new municipalities likely in valley (rep
11/05/2014), Bajura
feels
neglected as it fails to get municipality (ht
18/05/2014), Municipality
declared
too hastily: Locals (ht 19/05/2014)
Solukhumbu
DDC
padlocked: Political party leaders allege financial
misappropriation (ht 08/05/2014)
Bajura
govt
offices without chiefs: Service-seekers hit hard
(ht 19/04/2014)
Govt
offices
in Sindhuli sans citizens’ charter (ht 15/04/2014)
Local
Democracy
In Nepal: Sacrificed At The Altar Of Power Game,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 10/04/2014)
Women
run
VDC office, by Giru Prasad Bhandari (kp
07/04/2014)
Public
Service
Delivery: Role Of Local Governments, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn 05/04/2014)
Myagdi
secys
ignore DDC diktat to return (ht 01/04/2014)
Target
groups
unaware of special services (ht 30/03/2014)
Local
bodies
partially effective, accountability still a problem:
Study, by Pratibha Rawal (rep 29/03/2014)
Social
Accountability
Tools Civic Engagement For Local Governance, by
Pranav Bhattarai (rn
29/03/2014)
Humla
government
offices sans chiefs, by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya (kp
22/03/2014)
Local
self-governance:
Elections essential, by Pranav Bhattarai (ht
12/03/2014)
312
VDC
secretaries seeking transfer (ht 08/03/2014)
Parties
eyeing
development funds (ht 05/03/2014)
Govt
plan
to hire technical advisors comes under fire (kp
27/02/2014)
Making
Local
Governance Meaningful: Give Constitutional Space,
by Mukti Rijal (rn
27/02/2014),
Local
elections
in six months: Deputy PM Singh (nn
27/02/2014)
33
Parsa
VDCs without secretaries, by Shankar Acharya (kp
24/02/2014)
VDC
secretaries’
absence hits service seekers hard in Doti (ht
23/02/2014)
VDC
secys
yet to leave HQ for villages: Bajura people facing
difficulties due to absence of staffers in work
stations (ht 22/02/2014)
Eco-friendly
local
governance soon (ht 19/02/2014)
30,000
civic
body employees beyond law: Bill on Local Service Act
pending for a decade; Irregularities unabated, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 18/02/2014)
Local
Body
Elections Best Remedy To Local Malaise, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn
15/02/2014)
Improving
Local
Governance Role Of Civil Society, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn 08/02/2014)
Shortage
of
VDC secretaries in Bhojpur (ht 29/01/2014)
Local
bodies
in deep sleep (ht 28/01/2014), Trouble
looms
for local bodies failing to okay budget on time
(ht 04/02/2014), Root
of
the problem (ht 05/02/2014)
Improving
Local
Governance In Terai, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn
25/01/2014)
UCPN
(Maoist)
for local polls only after statute: Fears such poll
will hinder statute-writing, by Ashok Dahal (rep
17/01/2014)
76
towns
wait for elevated status (ht 16/01/2014)
Local
bodies
present budget on time (ht 15/01/2014)
Metropolis
okays
Rs 3 billion budget (ht 14/01/2014)
Kirtipur
municipality
set to present Rs 150 mn budget (kp 12/01/2014)
KMC
council
meeting deferred to Monday: The metropolitan authority
interacted with Constituent Assembly members instead
(ht 11/01/2014)
Why
Parties
Fear Local Elections?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn
11/01/2014))
Village
council
meet put off sine die over leadership row, by
Adarsha K.C. (ht 07/01/2014)
Rs
50
crore for Lalitpur sub-metropolis (ht 06/01/2014)
Decentralized
Local
Governance, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn 04/01/2014)
Fulfilling
Mandates
And Tasks Local Election Is The Key, by Mukti
Rijal (rn 02/01/2014)
Committees
to
look into irregularities in local bodies (ht
02/01/2014)
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