Government of Nepal

Nepal is a multi-party system federal republic. The Interim Constitution of Nepal has defined three organs of the government.

Executive: The executive power of Nepal is vested in the Council of Ministers. The responsibility of issuing general directives,
controlling and regulating the administration of Nepal lie in the Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister of Nepal is the head of the
Government. The Prime Minister appoints the Ministers. While appointing Ministers, the Prime Minister shall appoint them, on the
recommendation of the concerned political party, from amongst the members of the Legislature-Parliament.

Legislative: The Legislature-Parliament of Nepal is unicameral. Constituent assembly is working as the legislature of Nepal at
present. The legislature is composed of 601 members. Among them, 240 members are directly elected by the people from 240
constituencies. 335 members are elected through proportional basis and 26 members are nominated by the cabinet. All the bills are
presented in the parliament. After passing the bills by the majority. After his approval, it becomes the law. In this way, all the laws are
made in the parliament. The legislative controls over the finance of the country. Legislative passes the annual budget according to
which the government spends money in various tasks. Legislative can raise questions to any work of the government. If the
government does not work properly, legislative can withdraw its support and government is dissolved. In this way the legislative has
control over the executive.

Judiciary: The Constitution provides three tiers of Court which include the Supreme Court of Nepal, the Court of Appeal and the
District Courts. Supreme Court is the Apex Court. All courts and judicial institutions except the constitutional assembly court, are under
the Supreme Court. There is no distinction between Criminal and Civil court except some basic procedures. District Court is the Court
of first instance upon which Court of Appeal hear appeal. In addition to these regular courts there is provision in constitution to establish
special types of courts or tribunals for the purpose of hearing special types of cases by the law. According to these provision there are
four Revenue Tribunals, one Administrative Court, one Labor Court, one Debt Recovery tribunal and one Debt recovery Appeal
Tribunal and one special court are functioning under the respective laws. These institutions are under the judicial control of the
Supreme Court. There are 16 Court of Appeal and 15 Districts in Nepal. The Supreme Court is also the ultimate interpreter of the
constitution.