Period of Bal Mandir probe panel extended

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Federal government of Nepal has actually extended the tenure of an investigation commission formed to penetrate the activities of Bal
Mandir( a children & s organisation )and children & s homes by a month for the 2nd time
A notice released by the Ministry of Women, Children and Elder Citizens, which oversees Bal Mandir and children & s houses throughout the
country, in the Nepal Gazette stated that the period of the commission was extended by one month with result from May 25 after it looked for
more time for investigation
The panel was formed in January in accordance with Area 3( 2 )of the Commissions of Questions Act-1969
Members of the commission include 2 child rights specialists and 2 joint secretaries from the Ministry of House Affairs and MoWCSC
The commission was provided three-month time to complete the investigation and send its report, along with recommendations to reform Bal
Mandir and action against its authorities, if any, discovered to have been involved in embezzlement of the state fund and other illegal
activities
The MoWCSC has repaired the scope and regards to referral of the commission to make sure that it doesn & t deviate from its track
& The commission shall study the organisational propriety of Bal Mandir and children & s houses, their policy provisions, structural
arrangements and need for essential reforms, & read the notification released by the ministry
It likewise needs the commission to investigate into various choices taken by the Kathmandu-based headquarters of Bal Mandir and its
district workplaces in the past, to establish whether or not they followed the dominating laws and policy arrangements
& If the authorities of Bal Mandir and district-based children & s houses are discovered to have actually made any choice contrary to the
laws in force, the commission shall suggest the MoWCSC to initiate legal or department action against them, & read the notice