OPMCM shares weekly activities

Kathmandu: The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) has made public the activities it carried out in the last week. Joint secretary and spokesperson at OPMCM, Hemraj Aryal, informed the media about the progress at a press conference organised on Friday.

He shared that Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Balendra Shah last week. In the meeting, PM Shah expressed gratitude to the Indian government for its assistance as a ‘first responder’ after the Bhotekoshi flood. The PM also lauded the Indian support for rescue work.

PM Shah received a briefing from the heads of security agencies and directed them to maintain adequate peace and security. Coordination, information exchange and cooperation among the security agencies were stressed by the PM. Spokesperson Aryal further said a 3-day training was conducted on policy formulation and analysis targeting the gazetted first-class officers of the government. It aimed at standardising and improving the quality of national policy and document formulation.

A draft of the Startup Nepal Portal (Operation and Management) Procedures, 2083 was prepared to integrate and simplify the investment of entrepreneurs involved in the innovation sector. Feedback has been received from the stakeholders following the discussions.

A policy-related body held a meeting under the coordination of Chief Secretary Govinda Bahadur Karki in order to garner suggestions on the draft of the Personal Data Protection Policy, 2083. The government decided to ensure effective implementation of the provisions mentioned in the Guidelines on the Use and Promotion of Domestic Products, 2083, while purchasing goods, construction materials and services by public bodies.

All ministries and government agencies are asked to implement the Regulations on Government Decision-Making Process (Simplification and Digitalisation), 2083, which was approved recently by the Council of Ministers.

A total of 21 complaints lodged by citizens were sent to the concerned ministries/agencies for investigation and necessary action, and follow-up has been done as per need, according to spokesperson Aryal.

Under the Office of the Investment Board, the physical progress of the Arun-III (900 MW) Hydropower Project reached more than 77 percent, while progress towards the power transmission line reached over 60 percent.

The documents related to the financial management of Rs 163 billion for the Upper Karnali (900 MW) were received, and works were launched for construction.

During this period, the investment of Rs 10.75 billion was approved for the Nar Khola (58.9 MW), while Rs 10.42 billion was approved for the Sani Bheri-3 (46.72 MW). A PDA negotiation committee was formed after approving the investment of Rs 93.41 billion for Betan Karnali (439 MW).

A one-stop centre was set up as per Section 46 of the Public-Private Partnership and Investment Act, 2075 BS to facilitate service delivery. An ‘Investor Facilitation and Grievance Hearing Desk’ has also been established and brought into operation to hear investors’ complaints.

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