Balen Government at 100 Days: How Many of Its Promises Were Delivered?

The first 100 days of a new government in Nepal have long been treated as an early measure of its priorities, administrative capacity and political direction. Often described as a government’s “honeymoon period,” it is also the phase during which public expectations are at their highest.

When the Balen-led government took office, it pledged to complete 100 specific tasks within its first 100 days. As the milestone is reached, debate has intensified across social media and mainstream news platforms over how much of that commitment has translated into action.

Government-friendly media have largely highlighted the administration’s achievements, while critics have focused on promises that remain unfulfilled. Khoj Samachar reviewed the government’s own 100-day commitment and assessed each pledge based on publicly available actions and implementation status.

The review shows that only 24 commitments have been fully completed. Eight are currently under implementation, while 68 have seen little or no meaningful progress despite being included in the government’s 100-day agenda.

Completed commitments

the following commitments have been completed:

• Expressed appreciation to the institution responsible for conducting free, fair and independent elections.
• Introduced a results-based governance system.
• Prepared a national commitment document by consolidating implementable proposals from the election manifestos of all political parties.
• Formed a task force within seven days to prepare a discussion paper on constitutional amendment.
• Reduced the number of federal ministries to 17 and amended the relevant regulations within 30 days.
• Initiated business process re-engineering to improve public service delivery across government agencies.
• Abolished or restructured unproductive boards, committees and institutional bodies.
• Removed partisan trade unions from the public administration and introduced measures to reduce political interference in the civil service.
• Strengthened enforcement of the civil service code of conduct to promote a service-oriented bureaucracy.
• Prepared a national health tourism strategy.
• Removed the citizenship certificate requirement for undergraduate admissions.
• Allocated at least Rs 10 million to modernise the Nepal Police Central Investigation Bureau with improved technology.
• Started the management or auction process for vehicles held at customs yards.
• Launched the process of returning savings to small cooperative depositors.
• Completed the architecture for a government employee management information system.
• Extended operating hours of citizen service centres in major cities to at least 12 hours daily.
• Prepared a list within 15 days to train front desk staff on all government services.
• Introduced postal delivery of government documents directly to citizens’ homes.
• Blocked betting and gambling applications and websites within 24 hours.
• Formed an empowered committee to investigate illicit assets within 15 days.
• Completed the process of amending the Public Procurement Act to facilitate a digital procurement system.
• Converted Employment Service Centres into employment, skills and entrepreneurship centres.
• Introduced relief and rehabilitation support for businesses affected by the Gen-Z movement.
• Established the Prime Minister’s Performance Delivery Unit.

Most commitments remain unfinished

The government’s own target was to complete all 100 commitments within its first 100 days. Based on Khoj Samachar’s review, that target remains far from being achieved.

While 24 commitments have been completed and eight are still being implemented, a total of 76 commitments have yet to be fully delivered, raising questions about the pace of execution during the government’s opening phase.