Lok Sewa Section Officer flashcards

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Federal structure of Nepal

Nepal has 7 provinces, 77 districts, and 753 local units: 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities, and 460 rural municipalities.

SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goals are 17 global goals with 169 targets adopted by the UN in 2015, to be achieved by 2030.

Nepal's HDI 2022

Nepal's Human Development Index value was 0.601 in 2022, ranking 146 out of 193 countries according to the UNDP Human Development Report 2023-24.

Good governance principles

Nepal's Good Governance Act 2064 lists rule of law, transparency, accountability, participation, predictability, and effectiveness as core principles of good governance.

Right to Information Act 2064

This act requires public bodies to proactively disclose 20 categories of information and respond to information requests within 15 days.

CIAA

The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority is a constitutional body under Article 238 empowered to investigate corruption and misconduct in public office.

Citizen Charter

A Citizen Charter (Nagrik Barta) is a public document that every government office must display, specifying services, timeframes, and responsible officials.

Woodrow Wilson's essay

Woodrow Wilson's 1887 essay 'The Study of Administration' is considered the founding text of public administration as an academic discipline.

Weberian bureaucracy

Max Weber's ideal-type bureaucracy features hierarchy, division of labor, written rules, impersonality, and merit-based recruitment.

Policy cycle stages

The policy cycle includes agenda setting, formulation, adoption or legitimation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and termination.

New Public Management

New Public Management is a reform approach emphasizing market mechanisms, performance measurement, decentralization, and treating citizens as customers.

Nepal's civil service hierarchy

Nepal's civil service ranks from Section Officer (Gazetted Third Class) to Under Secretary (Second Class), Joint Secretary (First Class), and Secretary (Special Class).

Constitution of Nepal 2072

The Constitution of Nepal 2072 (2015) has 35 Parts, 308 Articles, and 9 Schedules, and was promulgated on 20 September 2015.

Article 1 of Constitution

Article 1 declares Nepal an independent, indivisible, sovereign, secular, inclusive, democratic, socialism-oriented, federal democratic republican state.

Federal legislature

Nepal's federal parliament consists of the House of Representatives with 275 members and the National Assembly with 59 members serving 8-year terms.

Constitutional amendment procedure

Under Article 274, a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority of the total membership of the federal parliament; Article 275 lists entrenched provisions needing provincial consent.

Prevention of Corruption Act 2059

This act defines corruption offenses including bribery, embezzlement, abuse of office, and illegal acquisition of property, and empowers the CIAA to investigate.

Special Court

The Special Court, established under the Special Court Act 2059, hears corruption cases filed by the CIAA.

Public service ethics values

Core public service ethics values include integrity, impartiality, accountability, transparency, confidentiality, and service orientation.

UNCAC

The United Nations Convention against Corruption, ratified by Nepal in 2011, mandates preventive measures, criminalization of corruption, and international cooperation.

Nepal's first periodic plan

Nepal's first periodic plan covered 1956–61; the current 16th Plan (2081/82–2085/86) targets average GDP growth of 7.3%.

LDC graduation

Nepal was recommended for graduation from the Least Developed Country category by the UN CDP in 2021, with a three-year transition period ending in 2026.

Remittance share of GDP

Remittance inflow was about 27% of Nepal's GDP in FY 2080/81, one of the highest shares in the world.

Nepal Rastra Bank

Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank established in 1956, sets monetary policy; the inflation target for FY 2081/82 is 6.5%.

Records management lifecycle

The records management lifecycle includes creation, distribution, use, maintenance, and disposition through destruction or permanent preservation.

Public Records Act 2045

The Public Records Act 2045 and Public Records Rules 2046 govern the preservation and disposal of government records in Nepal.

Government letter format

A government letter (patra) follows a standard format: letterhead, reference number (chalani), date, subject, salutation, body, signature, and enclosures.

Tickler file

A tickler file or reminder system tracks deadlines and follow-up actions, while bring-up files are used for pending matters.

Subject-verb agreement

Singular subjects take singular verbs; indefinite pronouns such as everyone, each, and neither are singular and require singular verbs.

Affect vs. effect

Affect is usually a verb meaning to influence; effect is usually a noun meaning a result. Principal means main or head, while principle means a rule.

Parallel structure

Items in a list or series must share the same grammatical form, such as 'reading, writing, and arithmetic.'

नेपाली वर्णमाला

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