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Kathmandu, August 13

Lawmakers representing the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), who belong to former CPN-Maoist Centre, and the main opposition Nepali Congress have criticised the Federal Civil Servant Bill, saying it proposed to authorise the centre to appoint and transfer top officials at sub-national governments.

The bill which is being discussed at the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee in the parliament stated that chief secretaries of provinces, secretaries of provincial ministries and chief administrative officials of local governments shall be appointed by the federal government. It also proposed that the federal government shall transfer any secretaries of any ministries of the provincial governments, who have already been adjusted in respective provinces. Speaking at the SAGGC meeting today, NCP lawmaker and former Maoist leader Maheshwor Jung Gahatraj criticised the billprovision to allow the federal government to appoint and transfer secretaries from ministries of provincial governments. &Itagainst the spirit of federalism,& he said, adding that there should be a provision which allows the provincial governments to appoint and transfer administrative heads at local levels. NCP lawmakers and former Maoist leaders including Yasoda Subedi and Rekha Sharma also echoed with Gahatraj.

NC lawmaker Dilendra Prasad Badu said the provinces should be made independent. &The chief secretaries and secretaries in the ministries of the provinces should be promoted from the same provinces,& he said. Another NC Lawmaker Amresh Kumar Singh criticised the centre for curtailing the rights of local levels. &With such provision in the bill, the government is trying to make a mockery of federalism.& Majority of the lawmakers at the SAGGC said that the centre was trying to centralise power instead of giving authority to sub-national governments to hire employees on their own.

Lawmakers representing the ruling NCP, who belong to former CPN-UML, however, defended the billprovision. &The billprovision will connect the central government with the provincial and local governments,& said NCP lawmaker and former UML leader Jhapat Rawal. NCP lawmakers including Khaga Raj Adhikari and Ram Kumari Jhakari from the then UML also urged al to support the bill.

Defending the bill, Minister of Federal Affairs and Good Governance Lal Babu Pandit told the committee that it was just a stopgap measure. &The billprovision which gives authority to transfer and appoint heads at the federal and local governments is an interim mechanism while the civil servant laws of federal, provincial and local governments, once formulated, will address the issue,& he said.

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Kathmandu, August 13

The government has drafted a bill seeking an amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act-2000 with stringent measures against worst forms of child labour in the country.

The proposed provisions in the bill posted on the website of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration stipulated that labour office or province or local level may, with or without a complaint, depute its staffer for inspection of places where children are engaged in hazardous works.

In the proposed bill punitive measure against a person engaging a child below 18 years of age in work included fine up to Rs 50,000 from existing Rs 10,000 or imprisonment of up to three months, or both.

Anyone who engages a child in hazardous business or work shall be liable to a punishment of imprisonment of one year in maximum or a fine of up Rs 200,000 or the both.

&If a person engages two or more children in a labour at a time, he/she shall be liable to additional punishment of up to two years in jail or a fine up to Rs 200,000 or both,& the bill stated.

Residence, motel, hotel, casino, restaurant, bar, pub, resort, skiing, rafting, cable car, mountaineering, hot air ballooning, gulf course, polo, horse riding, workshop, laboratory, slaughterhouse, public transport, brick kiln, construction and manufacture of various products, were categorised as hazardous business or work in the bill.

Any person or group may file a complaint at the concerned labour office or local level in regard to offences under the bill.

It also proposed that a child engaged in labour or hazardous business may file a complaint against the concerned employer within one year of attainment of the age of 18. The labour office or local level may warn father, mother, any other family members and guardians of the concerned child worker asking them not to engage the child in labour or hazardous business.

The draft bill has been provided to all local levels for their suggestions and opinions as per the request of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, said the MoFAGA.

Eliminating trafficking, sexual exploitation, worst forms of child labour and ending all forms of violence against women and children, and protecting the rights of migrant workers are preconditions for meeting the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.

According to Central Child Welfare Board, children in Nepal were found employed mostly in informal sectors such as restaurant, transportation, construction work, agriculture, small and cottage industries, carpet factory, brick kiln, jari factory.

They were also employed as porters and as domestic workers. Incidents of involving children in hazardous works by lying their age have also been exposed. National Population Census-2011 revealed that as many as 104,714 children (56,267 boys and 48,447 girls) were involved in various types of labour works. According to Nepal Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey-2014, 37.4 per cent of children aged between five and 17 years were child labours.

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