01294nam a22001457a 4500999001900000008004100019100002200060245005700082260003300139300003400172520079300206773003300999942000701032952010901039  c533372d533372260518b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMuni, S.D.960641  aNew Nepal: A radical change and the challenges ahead  aEconomic & Political Weekly   a61(18), May 2. 2026: p.21-23   aNepal’s new government, headed by Prime Minister Balendra Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, has promised to transform its polity and economy in a radical manner. The initial moves of the government are both reassuring and debatable. The new leadership faces a number of challenges not only related to understanding and cadre that is educated, young, and self-confident, but also lacks political and administrative experience. To add to this is the chronic bureaucratic lethargy and strong resistance from the vested interests in Nepal. No less significant challenge for the leadership is to  manage the foreign policy of a strategically located country, caught between both regional and global rivalries. –Reproduced 

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