Cabinet meeting: Govt. to provide rehabilitation assistance to displaced families

Kathmandu: The government has decided to provide relief and rehabilitation assistance to support the families affected in the course of removing vulnerable settlements along riverbanks in Kathmandu Valley.

A cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar on Tuesday decided to provide monthly relief as rehabilitation expenses and temporary settlement to the displaced families, shared Spokesperson of the government, Minister for Education and Sports, Sasmit Pokharel.

As per the decision, each family would get Rs 25,000 in a lump sum for their rehabilitation.

Similarly, the family with five members would receive Rs 15,000 per month, and the family having more than five members would get an additional Rs 2,000 per member for three months for accommodation arrangements.

The meeting took the decision to keep elderly, people with disabilities and helpless people in designated holding centres as well as to ensure teaching-learning and health service of children in coordination with local levels.

Likewise, the government decided to accept 6.116 million Swiss francs in grants provided by the Swiss government for the municipal revenue enhancement project. It also approved 79.36 million RMB grants provided by the Chinese government for the maintenance and upgrading of the Araniko highway.

The cabinet also approved the Accreditation Regulations, 2083 and Military Service (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2083. Similarly, the meeting decided to permit the presentation of a Bill designed to amend the Nepal Rastra Bank Act, 2058 in the Federal Parliament.

A decision was also taken to align the posts of Gazetted Special Class Secretaries and their installation as per the Government of Nepal (Work Division) Regulations, 2083 BS.

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