Nepal, Aug. 25 -- A decade after Nepal adopted its federal constitution, key laws needed to make federalism work remain unresolved. The current Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)-led government has listed 166 bills for the current fiscal year, but several major bills directly linked to federalism have not been given priority.Downloading Interactive Geographic Maps

The government has divided the bills into three phases: 64 bills in the first phase, from mid-July to mid-November (Shrawan to Kartik), 45 in the second, from mid-November to mid-March (Mangsir to Falgun), and 57 in the third, from mid-March to mid-July (Chaitra to Asar). Several laws crucial to strengthening the federal structure, particularly those related to administration, sec...