PM Balendra Shah Brings National Investigation Department Back Under PMO

Summary

Prime Minister Balendra Shah has transferred the National Investigation Department back under the direct control of the Prime Minister's Office, reversing its prior placement under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Key Points
  • Prime Minister Balendra Shah brought the National Investigation Department (NID) back under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
  • This decision reverses the previous arrangement where NID operated under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • The move echoes a similar restructuring done by the KP Sharma Oli administration in 2018.
  • The government has also started dissolving the Revenue Investigation Department amid this ministerial reorganization.
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