KATHMANDU, April 18: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) has left more than 80 employees in the lurch without assigning them any responsibilities.

KATHMANDU, August 21: Government employees distributed leaflets at the gates of Singha Durbar, demanding the government introduce an employee-friendly Civil Service Act.

KATHMANDU, May 21: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Lal Babu Pandit, has said timely changes in Civil Service Act were imperative for administrative reform.

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: A bill drafted by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration proposes barring the local units from recruiting civil servants on their own. Revising the draft bill prepared to replace the Civil Service Act with the Federal Civil Service Bill, the ministry has barred the local units from recruiting civil servants themselves. The ministry has argued that the constitution has envisioned only federal and provincial service commissions for recruitment civil servants.