Sharing his vision and plans to a dozen lawmakers at the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee meeting on Wednesday, Mainali, said he will do his best to bring significant reforms to the commission during his tenure. He said that PSC office bearers cannot manipulate examinations conducted by the commission even if those who are attending examinations are office bearers' kith and kin.
"The existing examination system is too traditional. I will try to remove the problems in the existing examination system through reforms in the curriculum. My plan is to make public the examination results through the internet," he said.
Responding to lawmakers' queries on reluctence of university toppers to join the civil service in the recent years, Mainali said that he will introduce new policies to lure high scorers of universities to civil service.
He also said that he will not be drawing both his salary and pension at the same time after taking charge as chairman of the commission.
"As far as I know almost all PSC commissioners and chairmen drew pension and salaries from state coffers at the same time in the past," Mainali said adding, "I will not draw the pension though but will take the salary as chairman."
The committee conducted hearing of chairman-designate Mainali and members-designate Govinda Kusum and Bindra Hada on Wednesday itself. During the hearing, members-designate Kusum and Hada said that the commission's examination system is fair and there is no chance of manipulation.
Responding to lawmakers, the members-designate said that it is impossible to induct competent individuals to the government services if the policy of inclusion is continued while conducting PSC examinations.
The committee will conduct hearings of four members-designate on Sunday. The Constitutional Council had recommended Mainali, Hada, Kusum, Shreepurush Dhakal, Ashok Kumar Jha, Bramha Dev Raya and Krishna Chandra Jha as members of the commission on Feb 26.
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