Kathmandu. Various committees, taskforces and study teams are being formed within a month in course of the implementation of one hundred agendas related to governance reforms approved by the Council of Ministers in order to make the government’s performance result-oriented, effective, measurable and accountable.

Point no 7 of the agenda states that a high-level probe committee would be formed within a week to investigate into the incidents that took place on September 9. The government is preparing to give a mandate to the committee to collect, analyse and identify the responsible parties and submit its report within the stipulated time.

The agenda includes forming a high-powered property investigation committee under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers within 15 days to end corruption, hiding property and impunity. The committee comprises experts from the field of law, finance, revenue and research and representatives of the bodies concerned. For this, necessary legal and technical mechanisms will be developed to ensure that the entire process is transparent and result-oriented. The committee shall be empowered to collect, analyse and recommend necessary documents, details and records.

In the first phase, the property details of the chief political officials and high-ranking officials who held public office from 2062÷63 to 2082÷83 will be collected and scrutinized. In the second phase, the committee will investigate the properties of office-bearers and employees of the same nature who held public posts from 2048 BS to 2061÷62 BS. The bill states that the investigation process would be conducted in an impartial and legal manner, based on legal standards, evidence, and the report and recommendations submitted by the committee would be implemented through the bodies concerned.

A high-level task force has been set up to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of unproductive, dual jurisdictional boards, committees, projects and institutional structures that create financial burden. The task force comprising representatives from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration will be mandated to submit a report with clear recommendations within a month.

Likewise, a study team will be formed within 30 days to resolve the problems of sick projects, projects that have been terminated contracts and non-profit investment.

It is stated in the agenda that a taskforce will be formed immediately for a detailed organization and management survey of the integrated structure within 30 days to end duplication of responsibilities among the Investment Board Nepal, Trade and Export Promotion Center and the Department of Industry.

The task force will submit a report with a clear roadmap, functional structure and necessary legal provisions for transforming the functions related to investment promotion, export expansion and promotion, industry development, project structure and development finance into a single-point service system. Necessary institutional and legal reform process would be forwarded immediately on the basis of the report.

An inter-ministerial taskforce would be formed to study the impact of international and regional crises and necessary policies and strategies would be prepared in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within 30 days.

A high-level inter-ministerial study task force representing the concerned ministries will be formed to assess and manage the multidimensional impacts of the country’s economic, foreign employment, supply chain, energy and social sectors due to the developing situation in the Middle East countries.

The taskforce will submit a report along with short-term, mid-term and long-term policy and programmatic measures within 7 days after carrying out a detailed study.

{{TAG_OPEN_strong_25}Constitutional Amendment Debate Task Force Formation

The Council of Ministers on Monday has decided to form a taskforce under the convenorship of Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s political advisor Asim Shah to prepare the constitution amendment debate paper for the implementation of point 4 of the agenda related to governance reforms.

The agenda reads that the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers will form a taskforce to prepare a debate paper on the constitution amendment within seven days to build national consensus on the issues related to the country’s long-term political and institutional reform and the electoral system.