Nepal, April 23 -- Tenure period for secretaries and the chief secretary in the civil service are set to be reduced as per a draft report prepared by Ramhari Khatiwada under the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee.

The report proposes reducing the tenure of the chief secretary from the current three years to two, and the tenure of secretaries from five years to four. The draft is part of the Federal Civil Service Bill currently under parliamentary review.

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