Kathmandu, March 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said a high-level administration reform commission would be formed for resolving the problems seen in the administrative sector.
He said this
while addressing the meeting of the second quarterly review of the offices
under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and the
Ministry-level Development Problems Resolution Committee here today.
PM Prachanda said
the commission would be headed by the Prime Minister himself. "The
government is preparing to undertake serious initiatives for resolving the
existing problems in the administrative sector. We should not make any delay in
sorting out the problems of the sector," he said, adding that there is a
big gap between the bureaucracy and the public expectations.
Stating that
preparations have been made for constituting the commission in order to address
the changing situation, the democratic system and public aspirations, he said
the commission would be formed within some time. He added that the commission
would be headed by the Prime Minister and there would be experts in it.
According to
him, the overstaffing that is in the bureaucracy would be reduced. "There
is the problem of overstaffing. Unnecessary structures are there. The administrative
mechanism should be made efficient by decreasing the number of staff and the
structures. Constitution of the commission is imperative for that
purpose," the Prime Minister said.
He also
reiterated that the incumbent government would move ahead with determination to
achieve its stated goals "The directives I have given to the government
secretaries, my statement in the parliament and whatever has been mentioned in
the policy priorities of the government and its common minimum programme, will not
be changed.
Although the
political equation has changed in the meantime, the PM said, the government's
policy would not. He reiterated to pursue of the goals- social justice, good
governance and prosperity.
The Second
Quarterly Review Report presented by Joint Secretary at the OPMCM, Mahadev
Pantha includes topics such as the annual budget and the budget expenditure progress
of offices under the Prime Minister's Office, the progress of annual programmes
and milestones, the works carried out by the offices and major progress,
decisions made in the previous progress review meeting and their implementation
status, the problems and challenges, works to be done for improvement, among
others.
The review
report states that there has been good progress in clearing the arrears as
compared to the past, works on GIS mapping and online publications have been
carried out, an integrated action plan has been formulated and implemented
addressing the government's policy priorities and the common minimum programme
as well as the Prime Minister's directives and the draft of the guidelines for
establishing the National Health Emergency Management Coordination Centre has
been prepared.(RSS)