- Thursday, 4 June 2026
Kathmandu, March 30: The Good Governance Blueprint, 2082 BS unveiled by the government to reform public administration proposes scrapping around a dozen public entities, while merging some and transferring others to province and local levels as part of a governance shake up.
The blueprint, released on Monday by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, highlights the need to integrate entities that perform similar functions as well as those that are inactive or ineffective so as to make the administrative system more prompt, efficient and accountable to citizens.
It also proposes merging organizations with similar roles. The Nepal Mountain Training Academy has been proposed to be merged with the Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management. Likewise, the Department of Printing, the Law Book Management Board, and the Security Printing Development Committee are proposed to be integrated into the Security Printing Centre.
Likewise, Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board and the Nepal Transit and Warehousing Co Limited have been proposed to be merged. If necessary, these organisations will be transformed into an authority after the merger.
The government has planned to unify the Judicial Service Training Centre with the National Judicial Academy Nepal, the Central Law Library Development Board with the National Library and establish the National Entrepreneurship and Self Employment Fund by integrating various self-employment related funds.
The operation of Terai-Madhesh Prosperity Programme has been proposed from the respective province instead of the federal level.
Through the Roadmap, the government has proposed to scrap the Buddhist Philosophy Promotion and Monastery Development Committee. Its functions will be carried out by the Lumbini University and the Department of Archeology.
Likewise, the Minimum Wages Fixation Committee, the Nepal Railway Board, the Federal Capital Urban Area Public Transport Authority, the Land Development Revolving Fund, and the Town Development Fund have been recommended termination due to their ineffective performance. Some medical college infrastructures and development projects are also in the list to be wiped out.
These include the Medical College Infrastructure Development Projects in Bardiya, Butwal, and Surkhet. Similarly, the functions of the National Dairy Development Board are proposed to be undertaken by the Department of Livestock Services.
The list also includes the termination of District Election Offices, with their functions to be transferred to the respective District Administrations and the establishment of election offices at the province level. It also highlights the need to void certain licensing systems so as to simplify administrative procedures.
These include the Labour Approval System and the No Objection Letter requirement for foreign study. Moreover, the National Chure Conservation Committee has been proposed to be restructured and its responsibilities transferred to the provincial level. Along with this, plant research centres, veterinary laboratories, various irrigation projects, and the People’s Embankment Programme have been proposed to be handed over to the provinces.
Likewise, various tourism conservation and development boards have been proposed to be transferred either to province or local levels. Boards and projects established with specific goals, costs and deadlines are to be automatically closed once those goals are achieved. This policy should be implemented effectively, the blueprint states.
The ‘Good Governance Blueprint, 2082’ issued by the government on Sunday has forwarded a proposal for extensive policy, legal and structural reforms that promotes industrial investment and creates investment-friendly environment.
The blueprint, released with a target of preparing a basis of economic growth under the leadership of private sector, has indicated to remove obstacles seen in mobilization of internal and foreign investment and transform the state’s role from regulator to facilitator.
Public-private partnership (PPP) model and implementation of national investment policy are prioritized and amendment to Public Private Partnership and Investment Act, Industrial Enterprises Act and Technology Transfer Act recommended in a bid to secure hefty investment from private sector.
The reform document has suggested implementation of safeguarding, antidumping and countervailing measures to protect domestic industries from imports cheap goods. “Prosperity without active participation of private sector is not possible.
So, an environment will be built to lure private sector for investment with timely revision of investment-related laws, structures and procedures,” the roadmap mentioned. Empowerment of the Investment Board Nepal, development of autonomous institution and adoption of policy to decentralize investment promotions are other agendas forwarded to bolster federal structure.
Importantly, arrangement would be made to facilitate projects of less than Rs 6 billion from province and local levels. Development of integrated investment management system has been recommended, thereby removing duplication seen between the Investment Board Nepal and the Department of Industry and establishing an alternative development finance fund to manage long-term capital resources for infrastructure development.
Likewise, a policy has been suggested to strengthen ‘One-Stop Service System’ to provide various services including facilitating foreign investment promotion, visa for foreign investors, work permit and industry registration from a single place as well as to run promotional programmes by preparing a list of possible investors to boost morale of national and international investors, reform laws related to protection of intellectual property rights, patent, design and trademark.
A strategy should be adopted to promote investment and trade by taking in confidence Nepali diaspora and bolstering foreign partnership and international economic collaboration, it is stated.
The government should guarantee the industrial and investment security that should not be changed at least for 10 years, the blueprint said, adding, “Administrative responsibility will be ensured by implementing employee evaluating system based on customer satisfaction.” —-
