Government decides to regulate use of social sites

Kathmandu, Aug 27: The government has decided to determine various 20 industrial corridors, industrial zones, special economic zones, dry ports and petroleum pipelines and private sector run cable car projects as national priority projects.     

Disclosing the August 25 cabinet decisions, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithbi Subba Guruing, also the government spokesperson, shared that it was decided to publish the information regarding the construction of the government-announced projects in the Nepal gazette.     

The Council of Ministers decided to make a public call for enlisting the social networking sites operators with a seven- day timeline. The decision aims to make the social sites operators responsible and accountable as per the government directive, 2080 and the Supreme Court order to this effect.     

The cabinet decided to gradually defunct the social sites within Nepal in case the operators do not come to get enlisted or avoid communications for listing, and direct the Nepal Communications Authority through MoCIT to reactivate the social sites from the day of enlistment.     

Likewise, the government has granted prior approval for conducting Organization and Management Survey of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management and its subordinate agencies.(RSS)