The government has formed the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reform (Nicar), with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as its chairman.
The Cabinet Division issued a notification yesterday (4 March) constituting the 20-member committee.
The members of Nicar include the ministers of Local Government, Finance, Home Affairs, Industry and Law; the state minister for Public Administration; and the prime minister’s principal secretary.
In addition, senior officials from the Public Administration, Land, Home Affairs, Finance, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs, Coordination and Reforms, Law and Justice, and Local Government divisions, as well as the Physical Infrastructure Division of the Planning Commission, and secretaries of the concerned ministries and departments have been included as members.
Nicar is tasked with reviewing proposals related to the establishment, reorganisation and renaming of ministries, departments, directorates and offices.
The committee will also examine proposals concerning the creation of new divisions, districts, upazilas, city corporations, municipalities and police stations, as well as proposals to redraw the boundaries of these administrative units.
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