Kathmandu, May 17 -- Nearly 10 years after the promulgation of the Constitution of Nepal that institutionalised federal republicanism, a parliamentary committee has finalised the long-awaited Federal Civil Service bill, which is a must for implementing administrative federalism.

The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives endorsed the bill on Friday following multiple sittings and deliberations among cross-party top leaders and lawmakers. The bill was finalised after an agreement between Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba over the retirement age of civil servants and the cooling-off period.

"The two top leaders, together with the chairper...