Kathmandu, December 10 : The government has decided to authorize the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to procure chemical fertilizer under the G2G modality. Speaking at a press meet organized to make public the decisions of the meetings of cabinet held recently, Government Spokesperson Parbat Gurung shared that the Ministry was authorized to procure 50,000 metric tons of urea.
The government also decided to accept the concessional loan of 40 million USD and 10 million USD in grant assistance from the Asian Development Bank for the River Basing Flood Risk Management Project, and 80 million USD from the World Bank for the Rural Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Project. Likewise, the cabinet decided to extend the term of the National Reconstruction Authority by a year.
A decision was taken to waive penalty in the delay in renewal of vehicle pass and road permit. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gurung shared that the government will run the child correction centres from the current fiscal year. It was being run by non-government organizations. Similarly, the government made decisions relating to the promotion of some high- level army officers.
For the construction of Rohini irrigation project, the use of national forest area (0.68 hectares of land) in Devdaha Municipality-2 of Rupandehi has been allowed. The government also decided to endorse the order on quality assurance of good products, the order on transportation of petroleum products (security and regulation), 2077; and the work procedure to issue the certificate of origin.
It has also been decided to recommend the President to issue ordinance on some acts relating to sexual violence, 2077. The President will also be recommended to issue the Social Security (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2077. As per the Cabinet meeting, Mahakali Municipality of Kanchanpur district will be renamed Dodhara Chadani Municipality. Child Development National Strategy 2077-2088, Nepal Auditing Service (Formation, Category, Division and Appointment) Rule 2077, Project Multi-Year Contract Standard 2077, Right to Information (third amendment) Regulation, and organogram and quota at Office of the Comptroller General would also be approved. RSS
