Reform #3: Move Power from Kathmandu to Provinces and Local Areas
Give real decision-making power and budget control to provincial and local governments so people don't have to go to Kathmandu for every approval.
Everything gets decided in Kathmandu, creating long delays and opportunities for corruption. Every budget, project, and approval has to go through the center, making simple things complicated.
- 1Implement constitutional powers already given to provinces and local governments
- 2Give 60% of national budget directly to provinces and local areas
- 3Let provinces keep 40% of taxes collected in their areas
- 4Allow municipalities to approve projects up to 50 crore without federal permission
- 5Let provinces hire and manage their own civil servants
Indonesia reduced central government dependency from 82% to 48% through decentralization
Philippines increased local government funds by 55% through decentralization
Switzerland makes most decisions at local level, creating efficient, clean government
Use existing constitutional provisions and change federal laws immediately
Complete administrative transfer to local governments within 2 years
Transfer budget authority to provinces and local governments
Set up provincial civil service systems
Transfer 60% of national budget to local levels
Provinces keep 40% of taxes within 3 years
All municipalities get 50 crore approval authority
100% compliance with constitutional decentralization requirements
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