- Thursday, 21 August 2025
Purushottam Khatri
Govt working on pension plan for constables
The Ministry of Home Affairs has begun preparations to implement the provision of the 16-year pension for constables and senior head constables in Nepal Police, Armed Police Force Nepal (APF) soon. Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand hinted at this at a programme organised to mark the 67th Nepal Police Day on October 17.
Meeting demand of female peacekeepers a challenge for Nepal
After the United Nations (UN) asked to increase the number and participation of women soldiers for peacekeeping mission in various conflict-hit countries, security sectors of Nepal have faced a challenge to meet the demand. Member States of the UN have been urged to increase the number of female soldiers in field security to 15 per cent by 2028 and to 25 per cent in supervisors and other personnel.
Weapons are procured from regular budget: Police HQ
The arms and ammunition procurement process of the Federal Nepal Police is in debate. The Department of Human Resources and Administration of the Police (Invoice No. 315) had demanded budget for the purchase of arms and ammunition on March 2, 2022. The process to buy arms and ammunition was forwarded during the tenure of IGP Shailesh Thapa Kshetri and AIG Bishwa Raj Pokhrel as head of Department of Human Resources.
Valley’s security comes under Nepal Police
The Nepal Police and Province Police (Operation, Supervision, and Coordination) (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 B.S. has been approved by the House of Representatives (HoR) bringing the overall security responsibility of the Kathmandu Valley under the Nepal Police or Federal Police in coordination with the Province Police. A proposal of the bill tabled by Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand seeking endorsement was passed from the House unanimously on Monday. After holding the clause-by-clause discussion on the bill, an agreement was reached at the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee this week to pass the bill unanimously and bring the security responsibility under the Nepal Police in coordination with the Province Police Offices. As per the agreement reached with the Province Police Office, a sub-section has been added in the section 10 of (9A) to add the s
Cost cutting measures being taken in medals, decorations
On average, the Government of Nepal spends over Rs. 180 million every year to mint national orders, decorations and medals. The federal government bestowed honours upon 1,277 individuals on April 14, 2022 and in doing so, spent Rs. 200 million in making the medallions, according to the Decoration Section of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA). This included 633 awardees who had been announced in 2019 and 594 who had been announced in 2020 but had not been laurelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monsoon may affect 2M people, over 14,000 personnel ready for disaster response
Three security bodies – Nepal Police, Armed Police Force (APF) Nepal and Nepali Army – have said that they have completed their respective tasks of the action plan and preparation for monsoon preparedness and response for this year. Only last week, the government at a meeting of the executive committee of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) chaired by Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand had endorsed the National Action Plan for Monsoon Preparedness and Response 2079.
Rs. 6.79bn disaster fund remains in stock
A disaster preparedness fund established by the federal government has a budget of Rs. 6.79 billion to be distributed to the people affected by the monsoon-induced disaster to reconstruct private houses. The budget, however, doesn’t include the amount allocated by various local levels. The district-level disaster management committee currently has a fund of Rs. 372.56 million in stock just for 33 districts out of 1.854 billion allocated for 77 districts.
Over 400,000 people leave Valley for election
Denizens in the Kathmandu Valley have started feeling less presence of vehicles and people on the roads of Kathmandu thanks to local level polls. Although the roads are not as deserted as during Dashain festival, movements of people and vehicles have surely become thinner, signaling that many people temporarily living in Kathmandu have left for their villages to cast votes in the 13 May poll.
Army prepares election-centric air patrolling
The Nepali Army (NA) said that it has kept a team with helicopters at three places outside the Kathmandu Valley round the clock, beginning 10 days before the local level elections. Considering the security threat in the election, the army has been keeping a team standby in Itahari of Eastern Command, Pokhara of Central Command and Surkhet of the Western Command, said Army Spokesperson and Brigadier General Narayan Silwal. In addition, there will be a separate team for daily air patrolling here in Kathmandu Valley only. The government has instructed the army to be ready to reach every polling station within 30 minutes of urgency.
Security is foremost requisite for successful polls
Security concern comes first and foremost at everyone’s mind when elections come. The country is just five days away from second local level elections slated for May 13 after successful conduction of the three-tier elections in 2017. Two other elections of the parliamentary and provincial are also happening this year. At this point, the main and only governing body, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) and the security agencies have been engaged in a series of security deliberations on possible challenges.
