INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, August 4
The government has decided to hold by-elections on November 30, according to Minister of Communications and Information
Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota
He was addressing a press meet organised at Singha Durbar today to disclose the decisions of the July 1 Cabinet meeting.
The government has
approved the Public Procurement (eighth amendment) Rules-2019 and published it in the Nepal Gazette.
As per the Cabinet decisions, the
government has authorised the concerned agency to form a talks team regarding a subsidised loan of around Rs 21.45 billion from the Asian
Development Bank for upgradation of highways in Nepal
The government has decided to determine pay scale of employees adjusted at the provincial and local levels
New pay scale of civil servants and teachers will also be fixed for the current fiscal 2019-20.
Minister Baskota said the Cabinet had
decided to provide one million rupees in grant to the Nepal Notary Public Council, include khoret (foot and mouth rust disease) and rabies
into the Animal Health and Livestock Service Rules-2000, by making an amendment to the concerned law
The government will provide visa fee exemption to the Open University for its teacher and student exchange programme.
Arjun Bhandari, who
received bullet injury during a protest organised demanding action against the guilty of Nirmala Panta rape and murder in Kanchanpur, will
be provided with a monthly relief amount of Rs 25,000
Nepali citizenship certificate of eight persons will be revoked for obtaining the certificate by submitting false documents.
Minister
Baskota said if adjudications of cases related to development projects and tax were delayed, that would lead to unprecedented hike in
project cost and could also harm people interests.
In response to a journalist query, minister Baskota said the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
would himself bear his treatment cost in Singapore
He said the government paid only for the air tickets of the members in the team that accompanied the PM to Singapore
He said only the government employees who were accompanying the PM would get food and accommodation allowances, as per the government
rule.
Baskota said the reports that PM Employment Programme fund was being spent on trivial issues were wrong
He said the government was committed to hold dialogue with Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal but, his outfit had to renounce
violence.
The Cabinet has also decided to transfer additional inspector generals of Armed Police Force and approve the visit of Prime
Minister KP Sharma Oli to Singapore for medical treatment.
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