KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Balendra Shah has brought the National Investigation Department (NID) under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers once again.
The decision has been made through the Nepal Government (Work Division) Regulations which restructures the functional division of 18 ministries and places the intelligence agency under the Prime Minister’s Office.
The move brings back a structure earlier implemented by then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in 2018, when the National Investigation Department, Revenue Investigation Department, and Department of Money Laundering Investigation were also placed under the PMO. That decision had faced criticism over concerns of power centralization.
Earlier, the government led by former Prime Minister Sushila Karki had shifted the National Investigation Department to the Ministry of Home Affairs and placed the Revenue Investigation Department and Money Laundering Investigation Department under the Ministry of Finance. The government has also initiated the process to dissolve the Revenue Investigation Department.
Comment