NA endorses various four bills

Kathmandu: A meeting of the National Assembly passed various four bills on Thursday.

The Upper House endorsed the Social Security Bill, 2022 and the Nepal Police and the Province Police (Work Operation, Supervision and Coordination) First Amendment Bill, 2022 received from the House of Representatives along with messages.    

Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand tabled a proposal seeking the endorsement of the bills.

Likewise, the National Assembly unanimously endorsed the Bill Designed to Amend Some Acts Related to Criminal Offence and Criminal Procedures, 2022 and the Bill Designed to Amend Some Acts against Sexual Violence, 2022.    

Minister for Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, Govinda Prasad Sharma Koirala proposed seeking the passage of the bills.  

Prior to this, National Assembly Secretary Rajendra Phuyal informed the meeting about the messages received with regards to three bills passed by the National Assembly.  

These bills include the Medicine (Third Amendment) Bill, 2022, the Bill on Security of Health Professionals and Health Institutions (First Amendment), 2022, and the Railway Bill, 2022.    

Likewise, Member of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee, Bamdev Gautam presented the Committee’s Annual Report for the fiscal year 2021/22′ in the meeting.  

Similarly, a member of the Legislation Committee, Narayan Datta Mishra tabled the Committee’s Annual Report for the fiscal year 2021/22 in the National Assembly.

Earlier speaking in the ‘special hour’ of the Upper House session today, National Assembly member Narayan Kaji Shrestha demanded the resignation of Nepal Rastra Bank Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari.

He blamed Governor Adhikari for being a member of the CPN (UML)’s Economic and Planning Department.  

Likewise, lawmakers also raised contemporary issues in the upper house meeting.

They drew the government’s attention to rescue and relief of flood and landslide victims and systematizing the foreign employment sector.