Kathmandu, March 9 -- The Federalism Strengthening and National Concern Committee of the National Assembly has suggested that the federal government eliminate redundant offices to streamline government functions.

The federal government has been facing allegations that it undermined the jurisdictions of the provincial and local governments by giving continuity to various offices in breach of subnational governments' jurisdictions.

"The federal government's offices of agriculture, livestock, forest and education are operating at the local level alongside similar offices of local governments," the upper house committee said in a study report. "Such duplications should be removed."

According to the report entitled 'Study Report on Inter-re...