The first meeting of the high-level government reform commission formed under the chairmanship of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was held on Wednesday at Singh Darbar. The meeting of the commission was held two months after its formation. The commission was constituted on 8th May last year.
9 ex-officio members were present at the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Oli. Although there is a provision to have 15 people in the commission, the prime minister has yet to nominate 6 people including subject matter experts and representatives of political parties. The commission has been formed with the aim of maintaining good governance through the use of
technology, removing policy difficulties, providing citizen-friendly services, merging or abolishing unnecessary offices, and developing frugal administration. But the commission is not complete as the members are not nominated. Chief Secretary and member of the Commission Ek Narayan Aryal said that since the jurisdiction of the Commission has already been decided, only strategic issues were discussed in the first meeting.
"Since the Prime Minister has yet to nominate the remaining members, the meeting held only a general discussion on future work," said Aryal. In the meeting, the commission's priorities and scope of work were discussed. The Prime Minister's Office sources informed that the next meeting will be held again on Sunday.
Home Minister and member of the commission, Ramesh Akhtar, said that although there was a general discussion about the work to be done by the commission, no concrete decision had been made. He informed that now the commission is only having a general discussion about maintaining good governance. How to proceed in the next meeting? The minister informed that a blueprint will be prepared in detail and how to solve the problem.
According to Prime Minister's Office sources, the commission formed now is not of the nature of preparing a report. Sources informed that the commission will decide to ease or facilitate the work that is problematic. There will be a Government Reform Implementation Committee formed in conjunction with the Chief Secretary for not only decision making but also implementation. "After the decision of the commission, the implementation committee will immediately implement it," said the source. It is arranged that the member secretary of the commission will be the secretary of the Government Reform Division of the Prime Minister's Office.
