Conclusion of the Parliamentary Committee - "The federal government was not accountable in the implementation of federalism".

Mainly, the federal government has been criticized for not being accountable to the essence and spirit of federalism because it has ignored the issues stipulated in the constitution such as law making, financial transfer, plan selection, personnel management, and the use of common and single rights.

The parliamentary committee blamed the federal government for decentralizing the work but controlling the rights by saying that the state has been imposed a heavy administrative burden by running parallel offices in the union and the states. In the report prepared by the

committee after discussions with stakeholders and experts in all the seven provinces and submitted to the National Assembly recently, it has been mentioned that the Union Government is not accountable for the jurisdiction of the three levels of government . Although political federalism has been implemented, the committee has concluded that the Union Government is not responsible for the implementation of financial and administrative federalism. According to Dil Kumari Rawal (Thapa), outgoing chairperson of the concerned committee, a week ago, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was invited to the meeting of the committee, and the government was asked to take responsibility for the implementation of federalism and enact a law.

In the report on inter-level relations and coordination prepared by the parliamentary committee, it is said to maintain horizontal relations between the union, state and local levels. According to the spirit of the constitution, in the implementation of federalism based on the principles of coordination, cooperation and coexistence, the union has placed the authority at the center and given the responsibility of work to the provincial and local levels only.

Former Speaker Rawal said that she has submitted an application to the National Assembly to discuss the report in the Parliament. She said, "There have been many complaints that the implementation of federalism has been hindered." If it is not addressed, it will create obstacles in the implementation of federalism.'

In the report prepared based on the suggestions given by the people's representatives and experts of the local level and the state, under the implementation of the institutional structure, it is mentioned that the administrative expenses have been increased by opening offices of the same nature so that the jurisdiction is parallel, there has been duplication and transparency in the work, 60 percent of the work has been sent to the state and local level, but the offices have also been kept in the association. is .

After the implementation of federalism, even though local level elections have been held twice, the chief administrative officer has not been sent to all places.

It is written in the report that putting such other offices in the union has increased the administrative expenses, "Development projects to be implemented by the union, state and local levels should be implemented only by classifying them."

Revenue sharing and financial transfer

The Natural Resources and Finance Commission, which is a constitutional commission, is responsible for revenue distribution and financial transfer. As five years have passed since the formula is being used, it has been suggested to change it . It has been suggested that funds should be increased at the provincial and local levels.

The source of revenue distribution and financial transfer should be equitably distributed, the size of conditional grants given to the local level should be reduced and the amount of equalization should be increased and the sum of money should be increased. The committee has suggested that the budget should be allocated.

In countries with a federal government system, conditional grants are being reduced every fiscal year. But here, people's representatives of the state and local levels have been complaining about reducing equalization and increasing it conditionally. Similarly, the committee has suggested that the scope of taxes, which is the basis of financial federalism, should be increased, the distribution of royalties of natural resources should be made equitable, and the scope of expenses of the three levels of government should be clear.

plan formulation and piecemeal development In the report of the

committee, the Union has ignored the provincial and local levels and allocated the budget to one lakh piece plans while formulating the plan. It is mentioned in the report that the plan has been sent without the knowledge of the municipality saying that there has been an increase in the central intervention in the operation of the plan. It has been said that the municipality must be included in the monitoring of the plan to be conducted by the association at the local level. The committee says that it is difficult to distinguish between Gaurav's project and other projects because the size and criteria of the

plan are not clear. It is mentioned in the report that even the plan recommended by the Planning Commission has not been effectively implemented and it is mentioned in the report that there is no plan at all.

Indifference in law making The Parliamentary Committee has determined that due to the lack of attention in law-making on matters mentioned in the constitution, jurisdictional disputes have increased and it has had a negative impact on the implementation of federalism. It is mentioned in the report that the model laws sent by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration to the local level are the same in all the municipalities, so there is a problem in implementation.

Former Chairman Rawal informed that the model of the law had been pasted and sent. She said that some laws cannot be the same at all local levels. Suggesting to make separate laws for Gaurav's projects and transformational projects, it has been suggested in the report that the association should make laws related to the use of common and residual rights . The committee is of the opinion that the current difficult system of land being owned by the local level, the forest province and the tree association should be eased.

It has been suggested that the local level and the state should share the land and forests. It has been asked to make a schedule of which laws are yet to be made and work on them.

The conclusions drawn from the discussion and interaction focusing on coordination and strengthening of the state-level structure under the jurisdiction of the parliamentary committee, political finance and administrative federalism have been suggested for improvement not only to the union but also to the province. The

committee also gave instructions to the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Federal Affairs and concerned agencies in the meeting on January 23, focusing on the mentioned points. Likewise, the 7-member federalism implementation study and monitoring parliamentary special committee formed in June 2079 in conjunction with the member of the National Assembly, Khimlal Devkota, also submitted 99 recommendations to the government in October 2079 for the implementation of federalism. Most of its recommendations have not been implemented. Devkota, the then coordinator of the

committee and an expert on federal affairs, said that the government was neglecting to implement such suggestions. He said, ``We should not stop creating pressure for implementation.''

He is surprised that the recommendation passed by the coordination committee meeting chaired by the Prime Minister has not been implemented. He asks, 'Now how can we believe that the government will implement such matters?'