19 Chait, Kathmandu. The government has warned that the head of the relevant agency and the secretary of the ministry will be held responsible if there is any corruption, fraud or irregularity in any agency or office.

On the instructions of Prime Minister Balen Shah, Chief Secretary Sumanraj Aryal issued a circular to all secretaries to prioritize the work of corruption control.

Chief Secretary Aryal issued a circular on Thursday and reminded of the government’s commitment to end corruption.

He said that it is the government’s priority to end all political, institutional and procedural corruption in public bodies and establish good governance and asked the secretaries to implement it.

In the circular issued by the Chief Secretary, it is said, ‘It is necessary for all related agencies to take the necessary steps to maintain good governance and morality at a level that the citizens can feel by putting an end to the corruption that is done by abusing public positions and rights in the service delivery, development construction, revenue administration, contract and procurement process from the ministry-commission-office and subordinate agencies.’

Chief Secretary Aryal has directed to monitor the incidents of corruption and irregularities in the agencies under him and has asked him to send any information to the concerned agencies as soon as he gets any information.

In addition to that, he also warned that if there is any irregularity or corruption in any agency, the agency or the head of implementation will be initially held responsible.

Chief Secretary Aryal has also requested to send suggestions for policy, legal, institutional and procedural reforms to prevent and control economic irregularities, corruption.