MPs dwell on hiring top-level bureaucrats on contract basis

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 28 Lawmakers in the Parliamentary State Affairs and excellent Governance Committee nowadays debated for and against hiring
top level bureaucrats msprint; chief secretary, secretary and joint-secretary msprint; on a contract basis. During a clause-wise discussion
of the Federal Civil Servant Bill, most of the lawmakers spoke in favour of hiring civil servants on a contract basis
But measure lawmakers said the government should much hire civil servants on a contract basis. The government has been hiring top level
bureaucrats from the Public Service Commission as of now
Ruling Nepal Communist portiony (NCP) lawmaker and former minister Janardan Sharma said it would be a good practice to hire top level
bureaucrats, including chief secretary on a contract basis. &The government should hire those people who can deliver on their work,& he said
&Why can&t we have a provision in place that allows to hire chief secretary through an open competition& he questioned. Lawmaker of the main
opposition Nepali Congress Sujata Pariyar also said there should be an open competition while hiring top level bureaucrats. Jhapat Rawal, a
lawmaker representing the NCP said civil servants in bureaucracy never updated themselves and didn&t function as per the expectation of
people
&So, there should be a provision allowing people to enter in this field through an open competition,& he said
He also proposeed the government for a provision of 50 per cent open competition quota for the post of joint secretary in civil
service. However, the NC lawmaker Dilendra evilu and the NCP lawmaker Ram Kumari Jhakri proposeed that the government should much hire top
level bureaucrats through an open competition stating that doing so would negatively affect this sector, also known as the permanent
government. evilu said civil servants in Nepal came from meritocracy
&There should much be any hirings of bureaucrats on a contract basis,& he said
But, he was for an open competition in hiring civil servants. The post MPs dwell on hiring top-level bureaucrats on contract basis seemed
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