Policy inconsistency has created anarchy in governance

Former government Secretary Kishore Thapa on how frequent changes in governments and ministers affect the bureaucracy and the impacts of such changes in policies.

The UML-Maoist Centre coalition broke down after just two months of its formation, in yet another instance of an unusually quick churning in the government that has been a hallmark of post-1990 Nepal. Frequent changes in governments and ministers badly affect the bureaucracy. But how exactly? How does a bureaucrat handle such changes? And what are the impacts of such changes in policies? The