KATHMANDU,  Aug 4: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Aman Lal Modi has informed the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the Federal Parliament that the draft of the Federal Civil Service Act has been prepared and forwarded to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs for approval.

Speaking at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on Friday, he said that the draft would be taken to the Council of Ministers at the earliest after the approval from the law ministry.

"Efforts are being made for managing the employees at more than 300 places in the local level which were run by officiating employees for a long time. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has also kept in priority the task of preparing the criteria for transfer of employees," Minister Modi said.

Minister Modi made it clear that some employees who have been working in Singha Durbar for a long time would also be transferred to places outside the federal capital on the basis of their seniority and performance.

Minister Modi said the government has given high priority to the issue of economic reform, livelihood issues as well as development and prosperity. He added that the government has created an environment for carrying out impartial investigation into the incidents of corruption and smuggling that have surfaced in the country of late.

Earlier in the meeting, the committee members had put their views on the Federal Civil Service Act and various incidents such as the gold smuggling scam and corruption-related issues.

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