Civil Service Bill will be passed soon: DPM Singh

Kathmandu, Sept 7: Deputy Prime Minister and Urban Development Minister Prakash Man Singh has expressed his confidence that the Civil Service Bill will be passed by the federal parliament soon.     

Addressing a programme organised by Civil Service Day Main Ceremony Committee on the occasion of Civil Service Day, 2082, on Sunday, DPM Singh mentioned that the government is committed to passing the Federal Civil Service Bill, which has been expected as a milestone to strengthen administrative federalism, and implement it.     

The federal parliament would pass the bill through consensus of political parties by addressing the demands and sentiments of employees, he argued.     

The Deputy Prime Minister shared, "Civil Service, which is the backbone of governance, is an integral part of nation building. The responsibility of implementing the development, good governance and service delivery also lies upon the civil service."     

The role of civil service is very important to distribute the advantages of democracy as well as boost citizens' trust and confidence towards the state by institutionalising a federal democratic republic, he opined.     

DPM Singh stressed, "Civil servants should be more committed to deliver easy, smooth and result-oriented services keeping service seekers in the centre," adding the civil administration, remaining under political guidance, should play their role to achieve long-term goals of 'Prosperous Nepal: Happy Nepali'.     

Stating that the main responsibility of the civil service is to perform its duties keeping long-term goals, periodic plans, government's policies and programmes as well as the budget of the current fiscal year at the centre, he underlined that the government has been moving ahead for effective implementation of federalism, improvement in public service delivery and adopting a zero-tolerance policy on corruption. (RSS)