Nepal, April 12 -- The ongoing session of Parliament, which the government promised would be productive, is being prorogued without endorsing vital bills including those related to full-fledged implementation of federalism that have long been pending.

More than two months since its commencement, the winter session, also called the bill session, has endorsed just three bills. President Ramchandra Paudel has already authenticated the bill to manage monitoring and evaluation of development policies, programmes and plans, while anti-money laundering and food purity and quality bills await his seal.

Before the session's commencement, the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs had claimed that various ministries were working on as...