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By Our Reporter

The beauty of the parliamentary system is that the government should be controlled by Parliament. The Prime Minister is elected by Parliament and he should be responsible to Parliament always. The process for introducing a law should be endorsed by Parliament through a majority, however, the present Nepali-Congress-UML coalition government enjoying almost a two-thirds majority is intended to run the government bypassing the House.

According to the Parliament roster, the winter session of the House of Representatives should have been called but the government is delaying to call the House session and is busy issuing one after another ordinance.

Earlier, the government issued an ordinance to amend the cooperatives-related laws. The amendment is still incomplete and it is suspected that the new law endorsed through an ordinance cannot address the problems that surfaced in the cooperatives. The ordinance is silent on returning the depositors’ money from the cooperatives which have already been declared problematic.

Accordingly, the government decided to issue several ordinances amending some existing laws. The cabinet meeting held on Friday late night, January 10, decided to recommend the President to issue ordinances.

Moreover, specially, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has planned to issue an ordinance related to splitting the political parties. The proposed ordinance was planned to split the Unified Socialist Party. However, due to the disagreement of the Nepali Congress, the ordinance has remained impending.  

The government on Friday took a decision to bring three ordinances. The cabinet meeting held in Baluwatar on Friday night decided to issue ordinances to amend various laws.

The ordinances include various provisions to ensure that government files should not be kept on hold for more than seven days and simplify the flow of Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) citizenship, investment, and public services.

Necessary decisions should be taken on any files by the officials within 7 days. After the amendment, action will be taken against the concerned officer if he fails to make the necessary decision within 7 days.

Accordingly, the ordinance related to the Non-Resident Nepalis will get a free visa to stay in Nepal for 10 years. They will no longer have to take foreign investment permission to register and operate a company in Nepal. At the same time, NRN makes a clear legal system regarding employee shares by opening a company in Nepal.

Accordingly, the mandatory retirement age of civil servicemen will extended from 58 to 60 years.

The national identity cards will be made mandatory for social security allowances. A provision has also been made in the ordinance to include teachers in the pension fund.

The provision of confiscation of casualty property and the means used in the crime will be implemented. A provision will be made to keep only 15 percent of the fine initially for those who could not keep the fine or fine while filing the appeal.

Revenue disputes up to Rs 3 crore can now be decided by the Revenue Leakage Investigation Department. In the case of revenue leakage, a fine and a fine can be paid. The establishment of service industries along with manufacturing industries will also be allowed within the Special Economic Zones.

The government has decided to institutionalize reforms by amending the law regarding the operation of Yogamaya Ayurvedic University. In addition, Nepali IT companies will be able to invest abroad, open branch offices, and compete with the international market.

The use of citizen apps in the service flow will be legalized. It is expected to streamline the process of taking government services. It is believed that these ordinances brought by the government will significantly improve administrative simplicity, investment-friendly environment, and citizen convenience.