The Advisory Council has decided to abolish a provision of the Public Service Act, 2018, which allows the government to send public servants into forced retirement after 25 years of service.

The recent decision to empower the secretary does not bode well for the Anti-Corruption Commission

The secretary-level committee on administrative reforms has decided to form a committee to further review the draft Public Service Act-2017 before finalising it.

The president will be able to make 10 percent of the appointments to four superior posts of public administration from outside the civil service considering their “special merit, skill, eligibility and essentiality” if a proposed law is approved.