KATHMANDU: The government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, has issued nearly 40 directives, procedures, and instructional circulars to various ministries, commissions, and local government bodies to boost governance reform, service delivery, and public accountability.

Directly aligned with the administration’s 100-point governance reform agenda, these new guidelines aim to eliminate bureaucratic delays, curb unnecessary spending, and foster a highly transparent, citizen-centric administrative ecosystem.

To streamline everyday operations, the government has introduced a “Business Process Re-engineering” framework that caps administrative decision-making at a maximum of three levels while pushing all agencies toward digital operations through the Integrated Office Management System.

Strict austerity measures have also been put in place, including restrictions on purchasing new equipment, a temporary halt on non-essential foreign travel for government employees, and the launch of a aggressive “Zero Pending Files” campaign to eliminate paperwork backlogs.

The comprehensive reform package spans multiple critical sectors, laying out specific guidelines to run agricultural cold storage facilities at full capacity, regulate riverbed mining, standardize stipends for intern doctors, and better manage foreign employment procedures.

Furthermore, all departments have been strictly ordered to intensify anti-corruption efforts, maintain updated public contact channels, and mandatorily answer phone calls during office hours to directly address citizen grievances.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, these directives are not just passive rules but are being actively monitored against strict deadlines and progress indicators to ensure total compliance and measurable structural change.