Kathmandu, May 29: The government is to develop the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers as a Center of Excellence to increase the effectiveness of public services and make development result-oriented.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel, while presenting the budget for the fiscal year 2082/83 in the federal parliament today, said that the unbundling report will be reviewed in accordance with the list of powers of the federal, provincial and local levels mentioned in the constitution.
The government plans to reform the existing laws to maintain uniformity among the laws of the three tiers of government and to implement policy, legal and institutional reforms under the guidance of the High-Level Governance Reform Commission.
The capacity of the Citizens App will be expanded and public services will be made simple, easy and economical by linking them to the Citizens App. Arrangements will be made to use the National Identity Card in all types of public and financial transactions including banking, insurance, telecommunications, securities, and no fee will be charged for using the National Identity Card Management System.
In the new FY, the government plans to increase the credibility of elections by linking voter ID cards to national identity cards, starting with the Kathmandu Valley.
