Hetauda. The Bagmati Province government has directed the secretaries of the ministries not to make the budget expenditure only the basis of progress. The government has also urged the government to make the service delivery and development works result-oriented so that the citizens can feel it directly.

A meeting of the secretaries of the province held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Kamal Prasad Bhattarai took the 17-point decision giving priority to improvement in administrative working style, effectiveness in service delivery and implementation of development projects.

The meeting has decided to make the actual achievement of services, facilities and development to be obtained by the citizens as the basis of performance evaluation rather than the amount of budget expenditure. It has been decided that all the ministries should prepare and implement a clear schedule of the annual development program and service delivery to make the remaining period of the current fiscal year effective.

Provision has been made to immediately identify the obstacles in the implementation of the plan due to lack of budget, public procurement process, vacancy and legal complexities and take initiative from the top level to solve them. It has been decided to make the secretary of the ministry directly responsible for the day-to-day performance of the work and to take forward the next period as a period of ‘speed, coordination, service and results’.

The meeting emphasized that each secretary should review the progress made, the results achieved and the future course of action on a daily basis. The secretaries have also been given the responsibility of increasing the performance, innovation, sense of responsibility and accountability of the subordinate employees.

It has been decided to implement the ‘Government Decision Process (Simplification and Digitalization) Regulations’ to reduce administrative delays and procedural hassles. The meeting has directed to adopt a policy of zero tolerance towards irregularities while maintaining transparency, economy and impartiality in the use of public resources.

Similarly, it has been decided to ensure the active presence of the state government in the management of festivals and disasters. The concerned bodies have been directed to identify the areas at risk of disaster and make arrangements for immediate mobilization of rescue, relief, human resources and resources.

The meeting also decided to make public transport smooth in view of the Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals, make the security system effective, intensify market monitoring to control black marketeering and pay special attention to health and sanitation.

The meeting also decided to prepare an integrated report of the achievements made by Bagmati Province in course of the implementation of federalism. For this, all the ministries have been directed to submit the details of the achievements of the 10-year period of the implementation of federalism within 15 days. The meeting also decided to collect brief details of at least three important and best achievement programs and send high-quality photos to the Government of Nepal.