Government Plans to Advance Postal Service Through Private Sector Collaboration, Says Minister Timilsina

Kathmandu. Minister for Communications and Information Dr. Vikram Timilsina has claimed that the government has a plan to advance the postal service in collaboration with the private sector. 

He clarified this while speaking at a high-level dialogue program on the modernization of the postal service held in Kathmandu on Tuesday. 

Minister Timilsina mentioned that the government is aware that the public can be provided with effective service only by collaborating with the private sector. Clarifying that the government wants to advance the postal service through a public-private partnership (PPP) model, he asserted that work related to the post has been prioritized and significant progress has been made. 

Mentioning that there is still a lot of work to be done in this sector, Minister Timilsina stated that the postal service needs to be restructured in terms of policy and structure. He said, 'Reform of postal-related policies is necessary. Reform of the postal structure itself is necessary. The efficiency of its existing bodies needs to be increased. There is a lot of work. We have started some things. What needs to be done has also been identified. The government's hundred days are about to be completed. We had planned some work related to the post within a hundred days. Significant progress has been made in that work. And we are serious about where the post can be taken in the coming year. We will work with seriousness.' 

He expressed the view that it is not possible or necessary for the government postal service alone to make the country's entire postal service effective. Clarifying that it is not the government's intention to do everything solely under government control, he pledged that the government would facilitate any problems faced by stakeholders. 

On that occasion, Minister Timilsina also directed the employees of the concerned bodies to work in a way that makes the postal service worthy of pride in the coming days.