The government has started homework to connect all the expenses mobilized by International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) into a one-door system. The government has started trying to connect the one-door system to stop the grants coming in from abroad through INGOs after they go beyond the national interests, priorities and needs and are spent on 'vested interests'.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has on Sunday instructed all 77 district administration offices to submit a report on economic, social, cultural and environmental impact assessment along with the status of transparency of expenditures made directly by INGOs and through National Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). According to the circular, after the report is received, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said that work will be carried out for policy reforms in coordination with related agencies. 

NGO-INGO spends billions of rupees arbitrarily every year by circumventing the government mechanism. However, it has been found that the funds are being misused when the government mechanism does not effectively regulate and approve how the expenditure is done. Minister of Home Affairs Ramesh Akhtar confirmed that an initiative has been taken to move forward with a one-way policy to utilize the funds received from INGOs and mobilize them according to national needs and priorities. 

'It is not our intention to control the money circulated by non-governmental organizations, we are going to regulate and approve it, it is recognized that expenditure should be calculated and spent focusing on national priorities, for that reason, the ministry has taken steps to reform policies,' said the minister. We are trying to improve it by making it a priority.' 

Since 2072, the account of expenses incurred through non-governmental organizations in Nepal has been shown to be around 3 trillion. But an official of the Ministry of Home Affairs says that the justification of the amount circulated by Gasas could not be ascertained as to whether it is a priority of the country or not. 

A home official says that a large part of the money brought in through gas is not only against the purpose, but because it is focused on fattening people under the cover of ordinary expenses, it needs strict regulation. For this, it is necessary to transparently examine not only the expenditure system, but also the assets of the gas operators. 

Social Welfare Council has also recently prepared a draft related to the regulation and approval of non-governmental organizations, it is mentioned that its directors and employees should be brought under the scope of money laundering investigation. An official of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens said that policy reforms will be undertaken after the subjects mentioned in the draft and the report from the home. 

The Office of the Auditor General has said that although it has instructed the government every year to make arrangements for spending the grants coming in from INGOs through a one-door system, it has not been followed. According to Deputy Auditor General Srikumar Rai, Spokesperson of the Auditor General's Office, the problem has arisen when the functioning and methods of Gasas are shown as one thing but the reality is different. 

"When a project is approved by the government system, it shows one thing, but when it goes to the field, it seems that something else is happening. Moreover, it seems that many spend illegally without renewing the organization," Rai said.

The Home Minister said that the expenditure of billions of rupees coming in every year will now be committed to be mobilized only on the basis of necessity. He said that after the report came, it had to be brought under the scope of the country's accounting system and the work had to be carried out. "We will improve the necessary laws for this," he said. Binoj Basnyat, a former commander of the Nepali Army, emphasized that the economic transactions of INGOs should be studied from the point of view of national security and should be mobilized according to national interests and priorities.

National interests and priorities should be determined according to the kind of geo-political situation we are in. But it has not been done according to that," Basnyat said, "The initiative taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs is positive. Such expenses must be brought into a one-door system. Otherwise, different countries will spend money through gas according to their own interests and the situation may become stronger in the course of time to the detriment of Nepal's interests.