Ministry, NAST at odds over sweeping reform plan

Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Mahabir Pun says the academy has become overstaffed and politically influenced, while NAST warns the proposed reforms threaten its autonomy and put scientific research under bureaucratic control.

Constitutional reform, not amendment

Amendment changes what the Constitution says, whereas reform seeks to improve how the constitutional system works and how the constitutional morality or spirit underlying its provisions is upheld in their implementation.

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