With an alarming situation at hand, provincial administrators are starting to feel the heat of inadequate staff.<\/p>\n
Six months after the provincial governments were formed, the tragic situation of these organizations facing staff-shortage are surfacing; directly pointing at the government\u2019s inability to provision enough officials.<\/p>\n
Provincial government officials say that this has badly affected their day-to-day operating, crippling them from fulfilling any of their services.<\/p>\n
Led by the PMO secretaries, three teams headed out to study the situation at the provincial headquarters and the following were the findings:<\/p>\n
Earlier in August, the teams led by the secretaries went on a visit to each province\u2019s headquarters to observe the organizational set-up and the related policies and resource allocation and management.<\/p>\n
The following were the observations made:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe availability of technical manpower such as engineers in the three provinces stands at 20-25 percent,\u201d said Kedar Bahadur Adhikari<\/span>, one of the PMO\u2019s secretary<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Out of the 378 positions that were created, only 161 positions have been filled<\/strong><\/p>\n The provincial officials hold the federal government responsible for not catering to their needs.<\/p>\n The transfer of senior officials by the federal government is also identified as a major problem.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the federal government that withdrew all revenue staffers from the ministry,\u201d said Laxman Prasad Mainali<\/span>, PMO Secretary after visiting Province 1 and 2.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n To address the situation in Province 1, Economic Affairs Minister Indra Angbo said that the federal government has sent six officials to the designated province.<\/p>\n \u201cThough we still lack staff at the ministry, these new officials have given us some respite,\u201d said Angbo<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Furthermore, the Nepal Federal Affairs and General Administration Ministry said that they have made arrangements for 70-80 percent of the officials required at the provincial headquarters.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the last one week, we have mobilized a large number of officials in provinces to address the staff crunch. We have also asked other ministries to do so,\u201d said Rishi Raj Acharya<\/span>, an under-secretary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Federal Government has arranged for 20,900 staff for state administration offices. However, Kathmandu is lagging behind as the potential candidates are hesitant to join provincial or local services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With an alarming situation at hand, provincial administrators are starting to feel the heat of inadequate…<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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