E-Kantipur

KATHMANDU, JAN 27 -

The government on Thursday unveiled yet another ambitious good governance programme—“Good Governance Action Plan-2012”—with a view to cleaning up the country’s tainted image and promoting good governance.

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai announced his second good governance plan after Hello Sarkar, a mechanism formed to respond to public complaints. “We introduce this programme as good governance itself is like a precondition for development,” the PM said, as he announced the plan to mark his five months in office.

“This programme is more comprehensive than Hello Sarkar,” said PMO Secretary Lilamani Poudel.

The action plan has fixed a certain index for 28 ministries and the central department of the government. The government will award ministries and central departments for good work and take action against non-performers.

According to the plan, the government will select three “best” ministries and officials of these ministries will be given an additional 10 percent of the total salaries as incentives.

Also, officials of the “best” security office will be awarded with an additional one-month salary, an additional 15 days’ salary will be given to officials of the “second best” office, while officials of the “third best” office will be given an extra seven days’ salary.

The government has formed a 23-member committee to monitor and evaluate the action plan.

The prime minister-led committee includes the Home Minister, Finance Minster, Local Development Minister, Chief Secretary, Secretaries and officials from the National Vigilance Centre. Committee members will visit offices across the country and take on-the-spot action against officials if need be.

The plan also identifies 15 central departments and seven public enterprises as “most corruption-prone” offices. A separate action plan is being prepared to deal with these offices. The government identified the offices as Inland Revenue Offices, Department of Land Reforms and Management, Department of Survey, Department of Commerce, Department of Revenue Investigation, Department of Customs, Department of Transport Management, Department of Foreign Employment, Department of Roads, Department of Education,  75 District Development Committees and District Administra-tion Offices, Regional Administration Offices and District Police Offices.

The government has also come up with a plan for Nepal Oil Corporation, Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited, Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal Food Corporation, Nepal Telecom, Nepal Electricity Authority and Tribhuvan International Airport. These have also been identified as “most corruption-prone” offices.

The prime minister  also told ministers to ensure consensus among contractors, local people and local political parties for the construction of priority projects, recruit human resources and manage financial aid for the projects.

The plan in a nutshell

    Idea is to clean up country's tainted image, promote good governance

    This is the second good

governance plan after

Hello Sarkar

    Govt will award ministries and central departments for good work and take action against non-performers

    Officials of three "best"

ministries and three "best" security offices will be awarded

    Plan identifies 15 central departments and seven public enterprises as "most corruption-prone"

Posted on: 2012-01-27 08:37

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