The report prepared by the committee formed by the then Prime Minister Sushila Karki on December 21, called for making necessary legal arrangements to reduce the number of ministries in the province to seven.
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The good governance roadmap prepared by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has asked to limit the number of ministries in the provinces to 7 in order to reduce administrative expenses.
It has been asked to make necessary legal arrangements to keep the number of provincial ministries within 7 based on the essence of the constitution and an objective analysis of the workload. The report prepared by the committee formed by the then Prime Minister Sushila Karki on 14 Poush has asked to make necessary legal arrangements to reduce the number of ministries in the provinces to 7. The committee led by Govinda Bahadur Karki, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Office, has prepared the good governance roadmap-2082.
Previous studies and recommendations had also asked to limit the number of ministries in the provinces to 7. However, their practical implementation has not been done. Before the 2074 general elections, the State Affairs Committee of the Parliament had conducted a study on the number of ministries in the center and provinces. The empowered Federal Administrative Restructuring Implementation Committee, formed under the chairmanship of Kashiraj Dahal, an expert in administration and law, had recommended having 15 ministries in the Union (Center) and 7 in the provinces.
In 2073 BS, the study committee headed by the then Chief Secretary Somlal Subedi on the Implementation of Federalism and Administrative Restructuring had also recommended 7 ministries in the provinces.
After the new constitution came into effect, only 7 ministries were established in the provincial governments formed after the first provincial assembly elections in 2074 BS. However, in 2077, the division in the then ruling party NCP had disrupted the power equation from the center to the provinces. The NCP had a government in all provinces (except Madhesh) from the center. However, the division in the party had to form alliances with other parties, so the number of ministries and ministers had to be increased in the provinces as well. That process is still ongoing.
Last year, the number of ministers in the Madhesh government was increased from 12 to 14. In Koshi and Bagmati, the number of ministries was increased from 12 to 14. The remaining provinces have also continued to increase the number of ministries by splitting them to give them a share to the coalition parties. The constitution states that the number of ministries in a province should not exceed 20 percent of the members of the provincial assembly in that province.
