PM Oli directs ministers to implement work contract they signed

Kathmandu / July 31: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed all the ministers to enhance their performance to achieve the goal expressed in the government’s slogan ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’ on Wednesday.

After the signing of work contract between the ministers and him for the current fiscal year, PM Oli said that the government has already formulated policies and plans necessary to manumit the country from poverty making an indirect reference to the need for implementing them successfully.

On the occasion, secretaries and ministers signed work contract for the existing fiscal year in accordance with section 15.1 of the Civil Service Act and rule 34b of the Civil Service Rules.

Work contract between the PM and the ministers is the document that contains the details of jobs ministers are required to do while the work contract between a minister and a secretary details the job descriptions of the latter. The work contract also contains a description of the criteria used while promoting secretaries and ministers.

The meeting of secretaries held on July 18 under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Lok Darshan Regmi decided to make mandatory the signing of work contract between the PM and the ministers on the one hand and the minister and the secretary on the other with a view to enhancing their performance.