Government makes public decisions of cabinet meeting, 16th of Saun to be marked as National Millet Day

Kathmandu: The government has decided to observe the 16th of the Nepali month of Saun every year as the National Millet Day.

Releasing the decisions of a Cabinet meeting held on July 7 today, Spokesperson of the government and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, shared that permission was granted to Vice-Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, Prof Dr Shiva Raj Adhikari, to participate in a meeting of high-level political mechanism for sustainable development organised in New York from July 14-24, to given permission to Chief Minister of Gandaki Province for China visit from July 22-28 on the occasion of 70th anniversary of establishment of Nepal China diplomatic relations.

Similarly, the government also decided to approve the image and size of bank notes to introduce new bank notes of Rs 1,000 denomination from Nepal Rastra Bank.

Similarly, the meeting decided to approve additional 10.8 million US dollar grant assistance to be received from World Bank for School Sector Improvement Programme, to transfer 37 Lieutenant Generals, to provide land of national forest located at Resunga municipality-8 in Gulmi district for the construction of jip line and sky cycling in Resunga municipality, and to give permission to Forest and Environment to attend Norway to Strengthen Cooperation Programme scheduled in Norway from July 25-30, he added.

Minister Gurung shared that the government also decided to permit to renew the memorandum of understanding signed between the governments of Nepal and Japan on March 20, 2019 to certain skilled workers to Japan for five years, to approve O&M of the Water and Energy Commission Secretariat and subordinate offices, to approve Casino Regulations, 2082′ and National Census Policy, 2082.

During the press conference, Minister Gurung stated that the decisions of the Council of Ministers’ meeting held on July 14th have also been made public. He said that the government’s decision is to approve Dr Jaya Bahadur Tandon, a member of the National Planning Commission, to participate in the Second UN Food Systems Summit Stock Take (UNFSS +4) event to be held in Ethiopia on July 27-29.

According to him, a committee has been formed under the chairmanship of former High Court Judge Krishna Giri to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the conduct and performance of and adherence to official responsibilities by Sharad Ojha, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nepal Insurance Authority, which includes members Jivan Prakash Sitoula and Kapildev Oli.

It has been decided to appoint the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Sewantak Pokhrel, to act as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nepal Insurance Authority until the investigation is completed and another arrangement is made.

The Cabinet meeting decided to accept the additional concessional loan assistance of 5.7 billion Japanese yen to be received from the Government of Japan for the construction of the Nagdhunga Tunnel project, and to grant approval to Nepali Ambassador to South Africa, Prof Kapilman Shrestha, to participate in the ‘First Global SME Ministerial Meeting’ to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 22-24.

The government also decided to approve the use of 2-6-1-2 ropani of land registered in the name of the District Coordination Committee of Dadeldhura for the construction of a multipurpose building, to appoint Dr Khagaraj Sharma from Rupandehi to the vacant post of chairperson of the National Cooperative Regulatory Authority, and to extend the term of the Phapla International Cricket Ground and Sports Infrastructure Development Committee for four months starting from July 13.

The government spokesperson informed that the Cabinet meeting has decided to approve Minister for Communication and Information Technology to participate in the ‘World Artificial Intelligence Conference – 2025’ to be held in Shanghai, China from July 26 to 28, and also to approve Health and Population Minister Pradip Paudel to attend the ‘Global Health Forum (GHF) – 2025’ conference in Beijing, China on July 24 and 25.

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