Cabinet decisions: Approval to sign Letter of Exchange

Kathmandu, July 23: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, today made public the decisions taken by the Council of Ministers meeting held on July 20.     

Minister Gurung shared that the government had approved the signing of 'Letter of Exchange' with the Chinese government regarding the implementation of the Bone marrow Transplantation Medical Centre Project at BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital at Bharatpur, Chitwan.     

In a press conference organized at his office, Minister Gurung mentioned that the government decided to form a talk team led by Joint-Secretary at the Ministry of Finance to hold a talk with the World Bank on accepting USD 10 million grant assistance for the public finance project.     

Also the Spokesperson of the government, Gurung informed that the Cabinet decided to approve participation of ministers and secretaries of various ministries in international events.     

According to which Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Ramnath Adhikari was permitted to participate in the Second United National Food System Summit Stock Take to be held in Ethiopia and Minister of State for Forest and Environment Rupa BK for an event in Zimbabwe.     

Other major decisions of the Cabinet include approving voluntary retirement request submitted by Deputy Attorney General Dr Tek Bahadur Ghimire effective from July 18.     

The government also decided on promotion of some civil employees.(RSS)