With strong lobbying by the private sector in the last few days, the major political parties have agreed to make changes in the Bill to Amend the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority Act, 1991. The lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties have submitted seeking amendments to the Bill which has provisioned to bring the private sector under the jurisdiction of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA). The apex bodies of the private sector strongly opposed the Bill after it was endorsed by the National Assembly recently. The Bill has provisioned that the anti-graft body will have the authority to investigate private sector bodies which are connected with the wider public interest. The Bill has widened the definition of public entities by incorporating the entities wholly and partly owned by the government, banks and financial institutions, commissions, corporations, academies and councils, among others. According to Ekram Giri, Spokesperson of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, many proposals for amendment have been received for the Bill related to CIAA. "The deadline for submitting the amendment proposal was Sunday. Many amendments have been proposed," he said, "We will move forward by integrating it."

Lawmakers of Nepali Congress Arju Rana, Ramhari Khatiwada and Shyam Ghimire, Premlal Maharjan of CPN (UML), Sumana Shrestha of Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rajendra Pandey of CPN (Unified Socialist) have registered their amendments.

If the Bill is endorsed by the House of Representatives incorporating the amendments of the parties, the private sector will be out of the purview of the CIAA. The bill passed by the lower house has to be endorsed by the National Assembly again. The Federation of Nepal Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI), Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), and Nepal Chambers of Commerce (NCC) jointly met the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli arguing that provisions in the bill will discourage the private sector and worsen the investment climate in the country. The private sector delegation was of the view that there are already around two dozen state and government agencies including Nepal Rastra Bank, Nepal Insurance Authority, the Department of Money Laundering Investigation, and the Department of Revenue Investigation to check the irregularities of the private sector. During the meeting with the FNCCI delegation, Prime Minister Dahal committed that the government would not make any law to control the private sector. Nepali Congress President Deuba and UML Chairman Oli also have assured that the private sector will not be discouraged.