Kathmandu, May 4: The government
has decided to approve around Rs 13.33 billion concessional loan to be provided
by the World Bank.
The recent Cabinet decision was
made public at a news conference organised at the Ministry of Communications
and Information Technology on May 3.
Similarly, the government has given
approval for the participation of Attorney General Dr Dinmani Pokharel and
Deputy Attorney General Sanjeev Raj Regmi in the 'Regional Programme for South
Asia' to be organised in New Delhi on May 7.
On the occasion, Minister for
Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, informed that the
Cabinet endorsed India visit of Chief Election Commissioner, Dinesh Kumar
Thapaliya, from May 4 to 9 to observe the general election taking place in
India.
The government also gave permission
to revise the design of Nepali currency note with denomination of Rs 100 by
replacing the old map of Nepal in the background with new administrative
map.
According to Minister Sharma, the
government decided to approve the draft of the MoU to be signed between the
Supreme Court of Nepal and that of India for judicial cooperation. Chief
registrar or registrars of the highest court of the both countries will sign
the MoU.
Even the MoU on establishment of a
consultative mechanism between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and of
Spain has been endorsed, ad approval given to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
to sign the MoU.
Other decisions made in the meeting
include appointment of former judge of High Court Shrawan Kumar Gautam as the
Chairperson of the Problematic Cooperatives Management Committee. The National
Information and Technology Development Committee (Formation) Order, 2058 has
been backtracked.
The government also transferred
some secretaries. (RSS)