Government grants approval to Labour Ministry to advance process for constructing hospital dedicated to labourers

Kathmandu: The government has granted approval to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security to advance the necessary process for constructing a separate hospital dedicated to labourers.

Unveiling the decisions of the latest cabinet meeting at a press conference on Friday, Minister for Communications and Information Technology and government Spokesperson Gyanendra Bahadur Karki shared that the government also decided to grant authority to the Secretary of Ministry of Health and Population to sign a tripartite agreement for the implementation of Global Funds Programme aimed at preventing and controlling AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

The government further decided to approve Drugs Registration (Fourth Amendment) Regulation and Nepal Medical Council (Fifth Amendment) Regulation.

Likewise, the cabinet decided to accept the World Bank’s loan assistance of 18 million dollars for the COVID-19 Rapid Response and Public Health Risk Preparedness Project.

As informed, the government accepted the resignation tendered by Rastriya Beema Samiti Board Chair Gangaram Kandel and appointed Ramesh Kumar Hamal as the Chairperson of Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON).

The cabinet also decided to suspend Chief Executive Officer of Timber Corporation Nepal Rameswor Bhattarai. According to the Spokesperson, the government decided to approve Renewable Energy Grant Policy, 2078 and also took the decision to amend the Annex 1 of Civil Offense Work Procedure Code, 2074.