Kathmandu, June 22 -- A special provision allowing "lateral entry" into highly specialised positions in the bureaucracy has been incorporated into the latest draft of the proposed Federal Civil Service Bill.

The provision appears under Section 10(14) of the bill prepared by the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration. Section 10 governs vacancy fulfilment in the Federal Civil Service. Sub-section 14 states: "Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Section, the Government of Nepal, for a specified period, may make special arrangements for lateral entry into any executive or expert position of a specialised nature within the civil service, in consultation with the Public Service Co...