Where is the public administration?

Nepali administrators, except a few, engage more in self-serving acts than public service.

Public administration, being an integral part of the governance system, has quite often been a subject of public criticism in Nepal. The complaints are associated with almost all aspects of the functioning of the government, ranging from design and execution of development policies and programmes to the application of laws, delivery of public services and subordination to political masters. Many of these criticisms are justifiable because of the very nature of the administration, which does not change irrespective of the changes in its political leadership. On the other hand, many criticisms also do not match the ground reality of public administrators because of their institutional limitations to work under their political bosses. They are not the ultimate decision-makers.