Nepal Federal Affairs and General Administration Lalbahadur Pandit was invited as Chief Guest of the event.

Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri, who participated in the event, said that the ITEC has played an important role in mentoring and training Nepal’s senior officers and others at India’s most prestigious institutions.

The program has greatly contributed to Nepali officials skill upgradation and human resources.

Close to 150 ITEC alumni attended the celebrations, including secretaries from Ministries and Departments, which have availed ITEC courses human resources skill development.

The ITEC training courses span training in the field of banking, computers, education, engineering, hydrology, information technology, journalism, legislation, manpower research, power and remote sensing among others.

Moreover, a number of Nepal government institutions have benefited from specially-tailored courses to suit the requirement of the respective ministry, some of which include:

• Public Finance Management Course at the Institute of Government Accounts and Finance (INGAF), New Delhi – attended by 62 Nepal Finance Ministry officials
• Investigation and Control of Revenue Leakage at the National Academy of Customs Excise, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN), Faridabad in March 2019 – attended by 2 batches of 50 Nepal Revenue Investigation Department
• Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism at NACIN – attended by 60 officials
• Tech in Alternative Energy, Hydrology, Irrigation Water Management and Water Resources Development at IIT, Roorkee – 34 Nepali water resources experts

The ITEC program is India’s endeavor at sharing its development experience with other world nations including Nepal.

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Even two days after Dashain, government offices continue to see a low attendance from civil servants and government officials.

Singha Durbar

Civil servants have not returned to duty in Singha Durbar, Nepal’s main administrative building and its departments.

Several ministries secretaries, joint-secretaries and lower-level staff were absent on October 22, 2018. Moreover, chambers of ministers and high-ranking officials remained closed.

“I could not serve tea and water to my guests as my staff have not returned from holidays,” said a senior official at Singha Durbar.

Luckily, senior officials who did not participate in Dashain festivities and who live close to Kathmandu were able to attend office on October 21 and 22, 2018.

Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration Secretary Dinesh Thapaliya said Junior officials and staffers were yet to return from festive celebrations. “Civil servants are gradually joining office; the festive mood is not over yet,” Thapaliya added.

Department of Passport

Noted as one of the busiest premises in Nepal, the Department of Passport (DoP) processes over 1,000 passports and receives almost the same number of applications in a day.

Unfortunately, on the first day after Dashain the office received 330 applications which further increased to some more until October 22, 2018. The office at the time had few staff.

Department of Transport Management

The Department of Transport Management’s license section received a few service requests. However, there were even fewer government officials to cater to these requests.

Overall, officials said that the service delivery was not badly affected as the demand after festive season was low.

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