According to an ARC report which is near completion, there will be branch offices of the Public Service Commission (PSC) in each provincial state to appoint government employees required for that state. [break]
The government formed ARC two years ago under the chairmanship of the minister for general administration.
“We are proposing to federalize the bureaucratic and administrative structure into a federal and provincial structure from a centralized system," said Mahendra Thapa, Member-Secretary of ARC, adding, “The concept paper was developed on the basis of ideas floated by the Constituent Assembly´s thematic committee on system of governance, and administrative experts including former chief secretaries and secretaries.”
Public Service Commission branch offices to be set up in the provinces will be authorized to announce vacancies, take written tests and interviews and appoint civil servants for the respective provincial states.
- Separate PSC branches in provincial states
- One provincial state to have 8-10 ministries
- Central govt not to have more than 18 ministries
“If a separate PSC branch office in each provincial state is inappropriate, two provinces can set up a single PSC branch as per their needs and interests,” Thapa added.
The ARC concept report also proposes a separate cabinet system, the number of civil servants, number of government employees in the judiciary, numbers of officials in the Nepal Police and Armed Police Force and numbers of civil servants for local bodies in each province.
Thapa, however, declined to divulge the exact numbers of government employees recommended for the above-mentioned government agencies.
He also said that each provincial state would have a separate cabinet system. “We are preparing to propose 8-10 ministers for each provincial state," Thapa informed myrepublica.com, adding, “However, the exact number of ministers can be decided based on the size and need of the province following the delineation of all provinces.”
According to him, each province will have no more than 8-10 ministries. “The total number of ministries at the central level government won´t exceed 17-18,” he divulged. Thapa said that they proposed the total number of ministries in the central government on the basis of the recommendations of various commissions in the past.
The concept report also says that there will be a General Administration Ministry branch office in each provincial government. The office will have responsibility for managerial tasks like transfers, promotions and keeping records on all government officials.
Thapa said that detail provisions for the administrative federal structure will be finalized shortly.
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