Same tricks, same results

Forming commissions and study groups is insufficient for the desired administrative reforms.

The Administration Reform Commission formed by King Mahendra submitted its third report on August 15, 1970. The report in its preface states that “a commission, committee or any other agency alone cannot achieve a stated goal [unless complemented by]... purpose-driven effort.” The commission drew the conclusion after studying the recommendations of past commissions and study panels and their impact in administrative reform. At the time, it had been around two decades since Nepal started practising the modern administrative system. Previously, successive governments had formed one after another high level commissions, including the one led by then prime minister Tanka Prasad Acharya in 2013 BS (1956-57), which too aimed at restructuring the country’s administrative system.