Kathmandu, March 10 -- As the federal government prepares a law regarding standards for the Provincial Civil Service Act and Local Service Act, it is also setting the criteria for the recruitment and retirement age of staff to be recruited by provincial and local governments.

As per Article 57 (6) of the constitution, the State Assembly, Village Assembly or Municipal Assembly should not make laws that are inconsistent with federal laws and any laws made that are will be invalid. That is why the Ministry of Federal Affairs and the General Administration drafted a law on standards, which the provincial and the local governments should follow to prepare the Provincial Civil Service Act and the Local Service Act.

Officials at the Ministry of ...