Vacuum in bureaucracy as tenure of 20 acting secys ends

A vacuum has been created in bureaucracy leaving a major impact on the day-to-day activities of various ministries as 20 acting secretaries working in various ministries and government agencies completed six months on Thursday.

According to civil service laws and by-laws, the government can designate an acting secretary in a ministry or its agency for a maximum of six months.

The government has not initiated action on filling up the vacant positions of secretaries permanently yet.

The vacuum has confused the bureaucrats about the anomalies of running the day-to-day activities of the ministries and the government agencies without a secretary. nepalnews.com Apr 24 09