Government’s 100 days’ achievements: Policy reforms prioritized

Kathmandu / July 4: The incumbent government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah today unveiled its strings of achievements from the first 100 days in office.

In a press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister in Singha Durbar, government Spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports, Sasmit Pokharel highlighted that policy reform, administrative restructuring and good-governance remains the key priorities of the government.

Helmed by senior leader of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Shah, the incumbent government on March 27 had announced the implementation of results-based 100-point action plans in a view to making the overall works executions measureable, accountable and bringing visible changes in the lives of citizens.

Among the key achievements Minister Pokharel shared are the government has completed consultations on constitutional amendments through a task force led by the Prime Minister’s chief political adviser.

The Minister added that drafting of amendment proposals is in progress at present.

Furthermore, Pokharel informed that the number of federal ministries trimmed down to 18 in a bid to reduce administrative costs.

Likewise, a new Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has been established to institutionalize innovation-driven development, the Minister stated.

Although the Constitution allows for a cabinet of up to 25 members, the incumbent government has formed a lean 17-member cabinet, a move expected to save a whooping Rs 20 billion annually, he appraised the gathering of media persons present in the event.

The government spokesperson added that the government has abolished politically affiliated trade unions in the civil service through an ordinance amending the Civil Service Act.

He touted the move as an effort to make public administration impartial, efficient and accountable.

Minister Pokharel also took the event as an opportunity to mention that the government has also tabled the Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the Federal Parliament so as to enhance competition and transparency in procurement procedures, strengthen good-governance and ensure better value for public spending.

He also said that the government has made provisions in the bill to create special procedures for the procurement of essential and sensitive items such as fertilizers, medicines, and information technology.

Minister Pokharel said that the Energy Consumption Growth and Export Strategy, 2082 BS has been prepared to establish Nepal as a reliable clean energy supplier in the bilateral and sub-regional markets by increasing per capita electricity consumption to 1,500 units by 2035 and developing a total installed capacity of 28,500 MW, with domestic consumption of about 13,500 MW and electricity export capacity of 15,000 MW.

He also informed that a procedure has been issued in 2082 BS to systematize the process of returning and refunding the savings of members of problematic cooperative organizations, and that so far, Rs. 26.32 million savings have been returned to 1,755 small savers of 10 cooperative organizations.

According to him, the government has also issued the Management of Subsidized Fertilizer Distribution (Second Amendment Procedure), 2083, to make the disbursement of funds to chemical fertilizer distribution companies systematic, objective, and practical.

From Chaitra 2082 BS to date, 53,716.45 metric tonnes of subsidized chemical fertilizers have been sold and distributed by the Agriculture Inputs Company Limited and 35,478.10 metric tonnes by the Salt Trading Corporation, Minister Pokharel added.

He also said that an integrated framework for national policy formulation and policy assessment has been implemented to ensure quality policy making based on facts, research, and evidence, and that this has strengthened consistency, transparency, and implementation effectiveness in the policy-making process.

Meanwhile, the government has approved and implemented 17 different work procedures under policy reforms, and has drafted and given consent to 14 bills.

Similarly, seven action plans, one action framework, one order and 14 study reports have been prepared.

Likewise, four guidelines, three concept papers, five directives, one manual, one action framework, 14 standards, five strategies, three codes of conduct, three policies, four laws and six regulations have been formulated and implemented. RSS