Saturday, December 09, 2006

PSC can monitor appointments at corporations, army and police: Shakya

Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) has said that the PSC can monitor the appointment of officials in government-owned corporations, army and police only if the government can provide it with more facilities.
“We are ready to monitor the appointment of officials in the government-owned corporations, the army and the police,” reports quoted PSC chairman, Tirthaman Shakya as saying.
Speaking at a meeting organised by the parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) on Friday to discuss the draft of the Civil Service Bill 2006 he also urged the SAC to give authority to the PSC to select secretaries of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority and the Election Commission so as to ensure further independence of the constitutional bodies.
Members of Parliament Pradeep Nepal, Hom Nath Dahal and Umakanta Chaudhary urged the PSC to take up the task of selecting officials in government-owned corporations, army and the police forces.
Currently, the PAC only conducts examinations for the selection of civil servants.
The debate o providing authority to PSC to select officials at government corporations and Army and Police started following reports that selections in these institutions are not transparent.

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