Why is the provincial government not efficient in Nepal?  

In September 2023, I got a chance to interact with around 200 people residing in the seven different provinces of Nepal. I asked them how the provincial government is functioning. My respondents expressed their discontent and had a consensus that it was not performing well. In their opinion, the provincial government is defunct . It is just a burden to the taxpayers.

Further, they suggested that the provincial government is to be eliminated, and only then can the local and federal governments operate efficiently at low costs. These conversations made me reflect on what should be done to improve the government’s efficiency. Before deliberating on this question, it is relevant to discuss what the government is.