Cabinet puts focus on 100 proposals

KATHMANDU: A cabinet meeting of the caretaker government held at Singha Durbar on Tuesday took up a hundred proposals for discussion.

Approving the resignation of Dr Upendra Koirala and Ram Bahadur Khadka as the vice chairman and member secretary of the Higher Secondary Education Board respectively, the government appointed Hem Bahadur Mishra and Bhim Bahadur Gurung to the post of the vice chairman and member secretary of the board.

Koirala and Khadka were dragged into controversy over financial irregularities in the printing of answer sheets.

According to Minister for Information and Communications Shankar Pokharel, the government has scrapped the allowances for foreign trips until the new budget which is yet to be approved.

Likewise, the government approved a national action plan regarding the human rights and high-level electricity area coordination committee's proposal.

The meeting decided to forward the contempt of court act to the Legislature-Parliament. It also granted authority to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation to adjust of the cost of chemical fertilizers.

The government decided to give the land for the Supreme Court near the west side of the Ministry of Home in the premises of Singha Durbar.

According to the spokesperson of the government, the cabinet has changed the name of the Department of Women's Development to the Department of Women and Children Welfare.

The cabinet approved team members for participation in the Asian Games in China and approved the establishment of a centre for organ implants for Bhaktapur Hospital.

Likewise, the government has promoted Majors- Sitaram Khadka, Bhuban Bahadur Adhikari and Dr Ramesh Bista to the posts of Colonel in the Nepal Army.

The government has given an assistance of Rs. 9 lakhs for the meeting of the World Association of Press Council.

According to Pokharel, the government has decided to grant a public holiday for Madhesi women on September 30 on the occasion of Tijiya festival.

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