Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sushila Karki has decided to significantly downsize her secretariat and the team of experts, reducing the structure to just six members.
According to a press release issued by Hemraj Aryal, Spokesperson at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the revamped PM Secretariat will now include only six positions: a chief advisor, a public relations advisor, a chief personal secretary, a press coordinator, a personal section officer (photographer), and an honorary public health expert.
All other appointments in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat have been repealed effective today.
As per the Prime Minister's Advisor and Secretariat Management Procedures 2074 (Eleventh Amendment 2081), there are 66 sanctioned positions in the PM’s Secretariat. PM Karki had initially filled only essential roles, limiting the team to 20 members. With the latest decision, the secretariat has now been reduced even further—from 20 individuals to just six.
