Inter-governmental coordination to be enhanced

Kathmandu, May 2: The government is to revise the Unbundling Report, prepared to eliminate the confusions among the three tiers of government in the implementation of federalism.

The report will be enforced with necessary revisions, reads the policy and programmes of the government of the fiscal year 2025/26.     

Coordination and cooperation in the functioning of the federal, provincial, and local levels will be enhanced for effective service delivery in the federal governance system.     

Meanwhile, for the effective implementation of federalism, necessary laws will be revised and formulated. The formulation and reform of laws will be made research-oriented by continuous and regular study of the laws formulated and enacted by all three tiers of government     

During the financial year, most of the public services will be linked to Nagarik App to make government and public services accessible and efficient. Citizen Service Centres will be operationalized in coordination with the local levels to provide services of different agencies from a single station.     

Likewise, the Local Development Training Academy will be transformed into the Academy for Federalism Study. Legal arrangements will be made to develop Nepal Administrative Staff College as an academic institution to conduct study and research on public administration, development management, and governance practices.     

The national standard for organisation and management of federal, provincial and local levels will be prepared and implemented. Interoperability will be maintained in the record management system of the government personnels at all three tiers of government.     

The much-awaited Federal Civil Service Act will be passed by the ongoing session of the Parliament, while structural reforms of the judicial service will be undertaken to enhance increased access of citizens justice by making the judicial system prompt, agile, transparent, and reliable. Free legal aid will be made more effective to ensure access of the poor and vulnerable to justice. Criminal laws will be amended to make them victim-friendly.(RSS)