PSC's focus is to uphold meritocracy and fairness
Summary
Public Service Commission Chairman Madhav Prasad Regmi says the PSC’s core focus is to uphold meritocracy, fairness, transparency and competence while modernizing recruitment through online applications and digital systems. He also highlights delays caused by legal cases, the need for curriculum reform, and unresolved issues around federal civil service law.
Key Points
- PSC Chairman Madhav Prasad Regmi says the commission’s main goal is to preserve merit-based, fair and transparent recruitment while adapting to technology.
- The PSC now receives about 900,000 to 1,000,000 applications a year and has expanded online applications, digital fee payments and secure software systems.
- Regmi says delays in recruitment are often caused by court cases and legal backlogs rather than internal weaknesses.
- He calls for early enactment of the Federal Civil Service Act to resolve legal uncertainty under Nepal’s federal structure.
