In order to strengthen national security, the government has announced the annual policy and program with the purchase of technological equipment and arms to all four security agencies and the plan to run a national defense university next year.

President Ramchandra Paudel announced the government's annual policy and program on Friday and announced that priority will be given to strengthening the country's national security, including crime prevention and control and peace and security management.

Laws related to citizenship, civil servants, Nepal Police and Armed Police are to be passed by the federal parliament from the current session, immigration administration to be equipped with technology and service delivery is also included in the policies and programs.

It is mentioned that resources will be allocated to strengthen the national security system by making the implementation of national security policy and defense policy more effective. For this, the government has prioritized the purchase of technical equipment and arms for the Nepali Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force (APF) and the National Investigation Department and determined national security priorities.

According to the latest data, about 1 lakh army, 80 thousand police, about 37 thousand armed police are deployed. "Effective mobilization of all security agencies including the Nepali Army will be done for the country's sovereignty, geographical integrity, national freedom, independence, national unity, and national interest," the policy and program states. And mentioned in the program. The Nepali Army has been sending the officers of the rank of Assistant Rathi and Mahasenani to America, UK, China, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh for this level of war college studies. If the War College comes into operation in Nepal, more military and non-military officers and security officers of different countries will also get a chance to study this level.

The issue of building the necessary physical infrastructure structures for the National Defense University and putting it into operation from the next financial year has been included in the public policy and program from the President. Capacity building and organizational strengthening of the army has also been given priority.

Similarly, the government has continued the 'Bunker to Barracks Program' this year to provide housing for the entire ranks of the Nepali Army. Since 2066, the government has been building military accommodation for the army under the Bunker to Barracks programme. It is also mentioned in the policy and program that the training provided by the National Service Team will be expanded from the school level to further enhance the national spirit among the youth, students and marginalized groups.

Main priority

- Expansion and strengthening of military capacity

- Nepal Police, Armed Police Bill 

Passed by this convention

- Continuation of the barrack program from bunker

- Use of technology in border security

- National defense university operation within 2083

'Continuing the program from bunker to barracks of the Nepali army, housing facilities will be provided to soldiers of all ranks. The program of the National Service Team will be extended to schools in remote and marginalized areas and dedicated, disciplined and loyal young manpower will be developed.

The government has also given priority to promoting local tourism by deploying the army more effectively in the protection and promotion of historical forts and forts of national importance. Even now, the army is stationed in the security of historical forts and forts connected with the events including the unification of Nepal and wars in different periods. 

The government has taken up the issue of strengthening the security system of the state for the safety of citizens. It is also mentioned that border security will be managed more with technological devices. "The security agencies will be made more strong, capable, strengthened and more professional, the armed police will increase technical security posts for border security for border security and border crime control," it is mentioned in the policy and program. 

The government has also made it clear that the bill brought to amend and unify the laws of citizenship, Nepal Police and Armed Police will be finalized from the current session. The bill made to amend and unify the laws of Nepal Police and Armed Police, including the Citizenship Bill.

will be passed by this session of Parliament. The capacity of the security agencies will be enhanced to control crimes including cyber crimes,' it is said in the policy and program, 'High technology will be used in crime investigation.' 

In addition to developing the capacity of the three levels of government in disaster risk reduction and management, it is also mentioned in the policy and program that cooperation, coordination and cooperation between the three levels of government will be made more effective for risk reduction and response. It is also mentioned in the government's policy and program to protect the victims of sexual violence and manage those who have taken shelter from the streets elsewhere to create a 'road free nation'.

Always indifferent to implementation

The government had brought various programs for internal security, national security and good governance in the past years with priority. However, there is a trend of not being able to fully implement the policies and programs of the past after the change of government and its effects become national priorities. In this too, due to the tendency of policies and programs related to procurement to promote interest groups, middlemen and corruption, some programs and plans of good governance, internal and national security have been stalled.

Last year too, the government included the policy and program to make the security agencies effective. At that time there was a government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal with the support of Congress-Maoist. However, less than 2 months after the Niti Thanan program, the government changed and KP Sharma Oli became the Prime Minister with the support of UML and Congress.

After that, some programs introduced by the previous government were cut. In the program introduced by the government in May last year for the year 2081/82, there was a mention of expanding and organizing armed Border Out Posts (BOPs) towards India and China for border security and border crime control. However, according to the policies and programs, the structure of the BOP has not been established due to the lack of budget. 

In the last year's policy and program, the programs with the goal of purchasing defense materials and producing them in the country were made public, starting with the participation and adoption of the program by the citizens of the border area. However, there is a shortage of raw materials to produce the required amount of explosives in the country. As raw materials are not readily available from India, the production target of explosives has been affected. The government has not been able to take concrete steps on how to solve it through diplomatic means.

Although the policy and program to make the security agencies reliable and trustworthy by providing them with resources in areas such as physical infrastructure, equipment and infrastructure technology, the process of buying equipment and arms is blocked due to the purchase setting in the middlemen and traders' plans. Due to irregularities in the purchase of security materials and setting, the police has been firing expired teargas in various protests and demonstrations. 

Last time, on Chait 15, the police fired more than 800 rounds of expired tear gas at the demonstration held by royalists in Tinkune. The issue of controlling cross-border crime and revenue leakage by making international border security more effective was covered in last year's program, but the government has not installed any electronic equipment to monitor, regulate and check cargo vehicles and people passing through the international border. 

Programs such as provision of psychosocial counseling and services and yoga/meditation in prisons, preparation of integrated records for the management of criminal property and its proper protection/management have not been implemented due to government indifference. Weakness in the management of criminal assets is considered to be one of the reasons why Nepal is on the 'grey list' of money laundering.