Misreading the provinces

Attempts to further weaken the provincial sphere will result in the scrapping of federalism.

February 2021 marks the completion of three years of the formation of the first-ever provincial governments under the recently adopted federal system in Nepal. During these years of implementing federalism, the country saw many vicissitudes on the political, legal and operational fronts. The federal and local governments are functioning relatively well, but the provincial governments have failed to win public trust, and they have been accused of imposing an unnecessary burden on the state coffers.