Ensure Result-oriented Bureaucracy

At an interaction programme held in Surkhet, the provincial capital of Karnali, the other day, it was commented that politicians and bureaucrats have failed to act in concert to carry out their roles and responsibilities effectively. Nepal has practiced democratic polity for several decades now where politics and bureaucracy are assumed to exercise their differentiated roles and authority. Politicians are presumed to make policies and endorse legislative agenda whereas administrative personnel are meant to implement policies and development. Civil servants are generally subordinate to politicians and they are expected to be pliant, compatible and non-resistant to the political executives. However, the frequent and surprise change in the government set-up has made the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats irregular and uneasy.