Abstract
The modern Nepalese Civil Service was established through the promulgation of the first Civil Service Act in 1956. The Act and its regulations have been amended five times since 1961, resulting in revised policies on recruitment, transfer, promotion, training, retirement, fringe benefits, grievance-handling methods, and unions. The latest amendments (2014) are based on a New Public Management approach to governance, the objective being to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. Thus far, no comparative study has been made of the amendments to the Civil Service Act, its regulations, and emendations. What changes have occurred? This chapter aims to answer this by analysing the recruitment process and promotion system in the Nepalese Civil Service during the Shah period (1768–1846), the Rana Regime (1846–1951), and up to today. It analyses the salary and other benefits provided to civil servants based on their performance, examines the training provided to enhance their capacity and performance, and discusses cross-cutting issues faced by the NCS today.
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Nepal Gazette, Part III, section 9, no. 49, 28 March 1960.
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Nepal education service, Nepal Judicial Service, Nepal Health Service, Nepal Administrative Service, Nepal Engineering Service, Nepal Forest Service, Nepal Agriculture Service, Nepal Foreign Service, Nepal Miscellaneous Service, and Nepal Revenue Service.
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Nepal Revenue Service, Nepal Judicial Service, and Nepal Administrative Service.
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The Government of Nepal is referred to as ‘His Majesty’ during monarchy.
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‘Backward areas’ refers to seven districts (Achham, Jajarkot, Mugu, Humala, Jumla, Kalikot, and Dolpa districts) out of a total of 75 districts.
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Chakari means to please the boss through doing personal services.
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Salami was a system whereby a government servant would present cash to the prime minister and chief Saheb on the occasion of the Dashain festival. Later on, this was formalized and the amount was deducted from the person’s salary.
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Pan Phool was a system of presenting a certain amount of money to government servants. This used to be presented by the clients along with the betel leaf and flower.
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Najarana was a system of presenting some gifts in cash or kind to the Ranas on the occasion of their marriage, festivals, etc. It was also eventually formalized, and the amount was deducted from the salary.
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Darshan Bhet was a system whereby a new recruit would give an amount of cash to the prime minister. The amount was determined based on the person’s pay scale. This system was initially based on tradition, but by the time of Chandra Shamsher, it was formalized and separate desks were set up in the office of personnel records to collect the amounts.
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These were the Forestry School, Bhimphedi, the Agriculture School of Kathmandu, the Rural Institute in Kathmandu and Rapti, the Nurse Training School in Kathmandu, Health Assistant School Kathmandu etc.
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By ‘spoil system’, what is meant is that public officials are selected on a political basis rather than on merit. It implies that patronage is at work and that the various individuals work to mutual material advantage.
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Shrestha, S.K., Paudel, N.R. (2019). Civil Service Management in Nepal. In: Jamil, I., Dhakal, T., Paudel, N. (eds) Civil Service Management and Administrative Systems in South Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90191-6_5
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