KATHMANDU, JUNE 30The number of people obtaining passports is reported to be increasing lately. TIA limits variety of individuals enabled to see off, welcome Mt Everest sees highest number of climbers in 7 decades Out of the overall 400,000 copies of passports with 67 pages each printed, 5,000 have been dispersed, and the distribution is ongoing, said the Department. According to the Department of Passports, 147 thousand individuals got brand-new passports and their passports restored in the Nepali month of Jestha (May 15 to June 15) alone, the highest number as of now, said the Department representative and director Durapada Sapkota.She said 142,000 individuals got new passports and their passports renewed in the Nepali month of last Chaitra (March 15 to April 13), and 125,000 in Baisakh (April 14 to May 14). There is a legal arrangement that a Nepali passport must be renewed every 10 years.

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KATHMANDU, JUNE 30The 20th National Paddy Day is being marked today throughout the country. Harishayani Ekadashi being observed today Bakra Eid being observed today The federal government had decided in 2061 BS to mark Ashad 15 of the Nepali calendar every year as National Paddy Day and Paddy Cultivation Festival.Rice plantation, consuming specials like curd and beaten rice, and taking part in the standard cultural programmes like singing, throwing mud at each other and joviality, are the major tourist attractions of the day. Paddy is the major crop not only in Nepal however in entire South Asia. The federal government aims to attain self-sufficiency in rice production by saving the land for paddy growing, promoting tidy and healthy seeds, broadening watering facilities, and establishing hybrid and disease-resistant varieties. Paddy is cultivated on 47 per cent of the overall cultivable land in Nepal.Likewise, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has extended best dreams to all on this day specifying that the government has been implementing different programs including expansion of irrigation supply, grants on chemical fertiliser and seeds, expansion of modern-day technology, research study and development, to name a few to increase the production of paddy.The PM has also warned that the target of paddy production might be impacted due to effects of environment change-- draught, heavy rain, scanty rain, natural catastrophes and spread of illness-- and posture obstacles to our food security.Against this backdrop, the PM has actually underscored the requirement of advancement of climate-resilient species of paddy and development of brand-new innovation for the increment of paddy production to substitute import of rice and paddy in the nation and remain self-reliant.

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RAUTAHAT, JUNE 29People's representatives of Rautahat's Garuda Municipality have been opposing against what they called a prohibited method of holding the community assembly. Local reps advised to serve individuals ' Many choices have actually been required to make Indo-Nepal ties incredibly hit' On his part, Mayor Kanthamani Jayasawal denied the charge of bypassing the deputy mayor and other executive members, including that efforts were being made to hold discussion with the protesters. The claim that the community assembly was held by bypassing the deputy and other executive members doesn't hold water, he argued, adding that there were numerous discuss holding the municipal convention.Apart from the deputy mayor, six ward chairpersons and 31 members are participating in the sit-in. On the other hand, though the municipality had actually prepared its spending plan worth Rs 551.63 million, it could not be presented as arranged on Monday, the second day of its 9th community council, after majority of the council members boycotted the discussion on the budget.A variation of this short article appears in the print on June 30, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.

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KATHMANDU, JUNE 29The freshly established Department of Management of Proceeds Crime under the Ministry of Home Affairs has said it has a variety of issues in the application of activities designated to it by the law. Over 5,000 cases of banking fraud, financial criminal activity registered in Kathmandu Valley DPM Shrestha returns house from Qatar; Nepal gets Chair of LDCs Coordination Bureau There is also lack of spacious warehouses for safe storage of offence-related possessions and products confiscated by the government as per the court order, the report said.Nepal Police or constitutional bodies, on behalf of the DMPC, may interrogate the appropriate person or perform raids in suspicious places if there is reasonable ground to think that the properties and products had from criminal offence are hidden there.If any items or possessions are found throughout the investigation or raid, the investigation officer will validate whether they are related to the offence or not based on the records kept in government agencies and income of the worried person.In a case where the items or assets are discovered to be acquired by committing an offense, the investigation officer will need to initiate the procedure of withholding or taking control of them so that they can not be transferred to others.A variation of this short article appears in the print on June 30, 2023, of The Himalayan Times. The DMPC is obliged to perform its tasks and obligations in line with the Offence-related Assets and Goods (Withholding, Control, and Confiscation) Regulation. It has been mandated to seize items and possessions including criminal offence according to the court order.According to a current report published by the DMPC, there is lack of effective coordination and collaboration with this Department and district administration office. It also lamented that the issues of this Department were not adequately consisted of in the yearly policies and programmes for the running financial 2023-24.

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[Nepal] - 147,000 acquire passport in the month of Jestha alone: Department of Passports

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