Category: PSU – Political Situation Update

This update highlights key issues in Nepal’s disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) governance, focusing on legal, policy, and coordination challenges across the three tiers of government. It also reviews necessary policy and institutional reforms for strengthening DRRM governance in the future.

This analysis focuses on the challenges faced by the District Coordination Committees (DCCs) in executing their roles and responsibilities.

This political situation update analyzes Nepal’s federal budget for 2024/2025, highlighting key economic trends and priorities. It examines the budget allocation across various sectors, primary sources of revenue and expenditure trends and political dynamics surrounding the budget.

It provides an update on the Federal Civil Service Bill, covering its drafting, initial registration, withdrawal from the House of Representatives, and subsequent re-registration of a new draft. It discusses delays caused by conflicting interests among various groups and highlights some new provisions included in the latest version of the bill.

The analysis focuses on the issues surrounding the political environment, the preparation of the Election Commission Nepal, campaigning, and other aspects of the Ilam by-election held on April 27, 2024.

This political update analyzes the impact of inconsistent power equations in Nepal.

This analysis examines the progress made by the Madhesh province in the eight years following the issuance of the federal constitution. It assesses the extent to which Madhesh’s expectations have been met since the movement towards the implementation of federalism began, and explores the province’s trajectory moving forward.

This update primarily explores into the internal factors—political, administrative, and functional aspects—that have led to delays in the law-making process. It also examines the implications of these delays within Nepal’s federal parliament.