The Balendra Shah-led Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) government, which was formed on Chaitra 13, has completed two months. The first cabinet meeting held on the same day the government was formed approved a 100-point agenda for governance reforms and made the government's priorities public. The government claimed that the new governance style would be different from the traditional model, service delivery would be faster, corruption would be controlled, and administration would be made result-oriented. The agenda, which was made public with a time limit ranging from 24 hours to 1,000 days, covers issues ranging from good governance, administrative restructuring, digital service delivery, protection of public property, financial discipline, education and health reforms, and interference in the political structure. Looking at the two-month period, most of the government's decisions and activities are seen to be centered around this 100-point plan. How many tasks did the government complete during this period? How many are being implemented? And, what tasks have not yet been started?

Let's see, the report card of the Balendra government.

According to the 100-point agenda, the government should have completed 57 tasks till date. However, only 15 tasks have been completed. While three tasks were completed within the stipulated time frame, 12 tasks were completed a little later than the stipulated time. As of today, 42 of the 57 tasks that were to be completed are in process.

With the formation of the government, it has been seen that efforts have been made to bring about a change in the working style of Singha Durbar. With the instructions to all ministries to complete visible tasks within a hundred days, citizens have started to feel that the ministries have become active, the pace of file work has increased and there is pressure on government offices to take immediate decisions.

Another major agenda of the government is corruption control and property investigation. As per the point of forming a competent property investigation committee within 15 days, the government has started the investigation process into the properties of high-ranking employees, former ministers and political figures.

A Property Investigation Commission has been formed to collect and investigate the assets of prominent political office-bearers and high-ranking employees who have held public office since 2062 BS. A five-member commission has been formed under the coordination of former Justice Rajendra Kumar Bhandari. It was decided to form the committee within 15 days on Chaitra 13. This has been mentioned in the 43rd point of the 100 agenda on governance reforms made public by the government.

Another important task of the agenda is public land conservation and management of squatters. Points 91 and 92 of the agenda mention the collection and verification of digital records of landless squatters and unorganized settlements and the launch of a public land conservation campaign. Accordingly, the government has launched a campaign to remove encroached structures in various parts of the country, including the Kathmandu Valley.

Similarly, point 12 of the agenda proposes to abolish party trade unions to completely free public administration from political interference. Under this, the government has canceled 1,594 political appointments through the ordinance on the removal of public officials. At the same time, the appointment process for vacant posts is also being taken forward.

As per the agenda item number 3, the government has also completed the work of analyzing the implementable issues from the manifestos of all parties and preparing a national commitment. The government has already issued an 18-point manifesto on April 1, two days later than the scheduled time.

Similarly, the government had mentioned the issue of closing betting apps and websites within 24 hours in item number 42 of its 100-point agenda. Under this, more than 64,000 websites and 25 apps have been closed so far.

The health tourism strategy mentioned in item number 73 of the agenda has also been prepared, albeit later than the scheduled date. The Council of Ministers meeting on April 11 approved the decision.

The government has already provided the amount in item number 94 of the agenda to provide at least Rs 10 million to make the Nepal Police's Investigation Bureau (CIB) technologically advanced.

Some work has also been done in item number 4 of the agenda. The item mentions that the constitution will be amended for the country's long-term political reform. The task force formed to prepare the constitution amendment debate paper is continuing discussions with various parties. The government has presented this as the beginning of long-term political reform.

Similarly, the government has also given priority to the issue of cooperative victims. Accordingly, the government has started returning money to savers of problematic cooperatives. The problematic cooperative management committee has returned Rs 1,399,216 to 378 victims on Jestha 4.

In the first phase, the committee has started returning savings by returning money to savers with savings of up to Rs 10,000.

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The government is presenting digital service delivery as its major achievement in the agenda. Work has been started to launch digital tracking in passport, citizenship and license services, establish citizen support centers, implement a system that does not repeat once details are given, and make Hello Government effective.

The decision to deliver passports to doorsteps in point number 27 of the governance reform has been implemented. The government has claimed that some services have seen a speedup in an effort to improve the situation of having to wait in line for licenses and passports for a long time.

Licenses that have not been printed for years have been printed. For greater convenience, a method has been adopted through the Nagarik app so that citizens can know whether their licenses have been printed or not. The government has reduced the number of federal ministries from 22 to 18, even though it was said to be 17 within 30 days. The government has retained the ministries of Finance, Home, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Similarly, the ministries of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, and Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation have also remained intact.

The government has given priority to technology and innovation by removing Science and Technology from the former Ministry of Education and formed a separate 'Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation'. The division of work of other ministries has also been changed and similar ministries have been integrated.

Of the work that is in the implementation stage, 15 work items have been completed and 43 are in process, while 42 work items have not been completed.

One of the prominent points on the work item was related to the investigation into the facts of the Bhadra 24 incident. The government had said in point number 7 of the governance reform that a high-level investigation committee would be formed within seven days to investigate the incident that took place on Bhadra 24 during the Gen-G movement, but that committee has not been formed yet.

However, in the incident on Bhadra 23, the government had already started the process of implementing the report prepared by Gauri Bahadur Karki the day after the government was formed. On Chaitra 24, former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested from their residences during the implementation of the report.

The investigation against them is still ongoing. Similarly, in point number 5 of the agenda, the reform program was announced with a formal apology from the state to the Dalit and excluded communities, and on Chaitra 24, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) President Rabi Lamichhane apologized to the Dalit community in Parliament. However, a formal apology from the state is yet to be made.

There has been no concrete progress so far in the concession and rehabilitation package for businesses affected by the Gen-G movement.

The provision of not requiring citizenship for graduate admissions in point 87 of the agenda has been said to be implemented immediately, but it has not been implemented yet.

The goal of making all government services completely digital and paperless is still in the initial stages. The work of integrating government data, implementing a paperless system, and providing all services online is yet to be completed.

Even though the government has included some reform programs in the education sector in the agenda, they have not been fully implemented. The commitment to remove party interference in the education sector within 60 days and form a student council within 90 days is included in point 86 of the agenda.

The government has called this an effort to make the education sector free from politics. The government has been doing some work in this regard. The government has issued instructions to vacate party flags and structures inside schools. However, student organizations and labor groups are protesting this, calling it an interference in democratic rights.

In the health sector, the government has decided to make 10 percent of beds free in all government hospitals. This decision is seen as a people-oriented step. However, its effective implementation has not been possible in many hospitals. Some hospitals have shown budget and management challenges.