KATHMANDU, March 14: The Federal Civil Service Bill has been presented to the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, March 12: In the forthcoming administrative law, the government has proposed cautioning and taking necessary actions if  any government employee is found reaching office under the influence of alcohol or consuming alcohol during working hours on office premises.

KATHMANDU, March 4: The Federal Civil Service Bill has been submitted to the Federal Parliament Secretariat. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) has brought the Bill to the House of Representatives for registration.

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: The implementation of federalism in Nepal has faced significant challenges due to the non-passage of the Federal Civil Service Bill. Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Anita Devi, acknowledges the difficulties in implementing federalism through administrative means.

KATHMANDU, Sept 20: Local government employees are gearing up for a protest, exerting pressure to expedite the Federal Civil Service Bill in order to address their grievances.

KATHMANDU, Aug 16: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense, Purna Bahadur Khadka, has said the Federal Civil Service Bill will be presented in the House within a week.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: The government has prepared a draft Federal Civil Service Bill so as to allow promotions of employees without requiring them to work in remote areas. The draft is set to be presented to the federal parliament soon. A source at the federal affairs ministry stated that the promotion provisions in the draft have been included to benefit staff with access to the higher-ups and employee union leaders. If the draft provisions are to be implemented as they are, government employees will not have to serve in remote areas of the country for promotions nor will there be any role of their work performance evaluation in promotions.

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: The government has proposed to give the benefit of reservation to a person from the marginalized and backward communities only once in the person's entire career during government service.

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.