They finally got the promotion they wanted. But they might not be doing much in their new offices, thanks to the paralysis resulting from managing the coalition government.
Two of the six joint-secretaries promoted on March 13 by the Cabinet to secretaries find themselves on the verge of ignominious retirement.
Their new roles will thus mainly entail marking the attendance at the Chief Secretary’s office for a few days. And then it will be time to call it a day.
Prabhakar Pathak, who is in the Agriculture Ministry, will retire after 10 days, and Narayan Regmi, after six.
The other four are Anup Kumar Upadhyay, Hari Kumar Shrestha, Madhu Regmi and Bhola Siwakoti.
“We had tried our best to assign some kind of responsibility to them, but this is a coalition government, things are not moving at the desired pace,” said Minister for General Administration, Lal Babu Pandit.
The void that they will be leaving behind does not look like it will be filled any time soon. Shrestha is set to retire on May 3; and within four months, 20 other government secretaries will follow suit, with 13 retiring on July 29 alone.
It’s a problem that’s plaguing offices throughout the government—the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Office of Public Procure-ment and Monitoring, the National Vigilance Centre, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Office of the Vice President. The role of the secretary is important in ministries and government entities because they take policy-related, administrative and financial decisions, and they also advise the ministers. A source said that three ministers from the ruling Nepali Congress—Ram Sharan Mahat (Finance), Narahari Achraya (Law) and Minendra Rijal (Information and Communications)—and two other ministers, including Pandit from the UML have been tasked with assigning the responsibilities for the six newly promoted secretaries and with transferring the other secretaries.
“We are hoping that the incoming Cabinet will assign new responsibilities to these new secretaries by Thursday, and see about the others too,” said the source.
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Two of the six joint-secretaries promoted on March 13 by the Cabinet to secretaries find themselves on the verge of ignominious retirement.
Their new roles will thus mainly entail marking the attendance at the Chief Secretary’s office for a few days. And then it will be time to call it a day.
Prabhakar Pathak, who is in the Agriculture Ministry, will retire after 10 days, and Narayan Regmi, after six.
The other four are Anup Kumar Upadhyay, Hari Kumar Shrestha, Madhu Regmi and Bhola Siwakoti.
“We had tried our best to assign some kind of responsibility to them, but this is a coalition government, things are not moving at the desired pace,” said Minister for General Administration, Lal Babu Pandit.
The void that they will be leaving behind does not look like it will be filled any time soon. Shrestha is set to retire on May 3; and within four months, 20 other government secretaries will follow suit, with 13 retiring on July 29 alone.
It’s a problem that’s plaguing offices throughout the government—the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Office of Public Procure-ment and Monitoring, the National Vigilance Centre, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Office of the Vice President. The role of the secretary is important in ministries and government entities because they take policy-related, administrative and financial decisions, and they also advise the ministers. A source said that three ministers from the ruling Nepali Congress—Ram Sharan Mahat (Finance), Narahari Achraya (Law) and Minendra Rijal (Information and Communications)—and two other ministers, including Pandit from the UML have been tasked with assigning the responsibilities for the six newly promoted secretaries and with transferring the other secretaries.
“We are hoping that the incoming Cabinet will assign new responsibilities to these new secretaries by Thursday, and see about the others too,” said the source.
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