PRACTICES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NEPAL

Govinda Prasad Guragain; Bhawani Shankar Adhikari

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v12.i7.2024.5687

Authors

Govinda Prasad Guragain Associate Professor, Tribhuwan University, Department of Political Science, Padmakanya Multiple Campus, Bagbazar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Bhawani Shankar Adhikari Associate professor, Nepal Sanskrit University, Department of English, Balmiki Campus, Exhibition Road, Kathmandu, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v12.i7.2024.5687

Keywords:

Constitution, Democracy, Federal, Good Governance, Implication

Abstract [English]

This article has mirrored the positive and negative aspects of good governance in Nepal. It has explored both weaknesses and strengths of good governance implications in the system of operation of various organs of the government of Nepal under the new constitution 2015 as envisioned by the legislatures via the Constitution Assembly. Despite the fact that democracy is the precondition of good governance, Nepal, being a democratic nation, lacks a proper functioning form of good governance. Several rules and strategies for good governance are included in Nepal's constitution and other laws. They are, nevertheless, constrained by the black letters of legislation and court judgments. Even Nepal's Supreme Court has issued multiple verdicts on the question of good governance. The division into central, federal, and local governance only can't fulfill Nepal’s good governance needs. But, to manage difficulties within and between municipal, provincial, and federal governments; development projects and governance plans necessitate a sustainable problem-solving mechanism. One cannot deny that Nepal's governance system is still in its early stages of improvisation. However, in the coming days, vital actions will be more important than the provisions guaranteed by the Constitution but never implemented practically.

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