Cabinet decisions released

Kathmandu, Sept 1: The decisions made on August 29 by the Council of Ministers were made public today. 

Government's spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung has announced the decisions of the meeting. 

The meeting has decided to grant approval for Prof Ram Pardarath Bichchhaya, member of the National Planning Commission, to participate in the 25th 'FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics' to be held in Cape Town, South Africa from October 5 to 9, and to grant approval for Dinesh Ghimire, Secretary (Revenue) of the Ministry of Finance, to participate in the 'The 14th High-Level Talks Conference for Asian and Pacific Countries to be held in Tokyo, Japan on September 24-25. 

Likewise, a decision has been made to grant approval to Sarita Dawadi, Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation, to participate in the ‘ICID Mega Event’, the fourth ‘World Irrigation Forum’ to take place on September 7-13, and the 76th International Executive Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Similarly, the cabinet took a decision to approve Dr Govinda Prasad Sharma, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, to participate in the ‘Dialogue Next’ programme scheduled for September 8-10 in India. 

Similarly, for the purpose of maintaining an integrated record of non-profit organizations (NPOs) operating in Nepal, the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to approve the affiliation of the 'NPO Public Portal Software' to the National Identity Card and Registration Department through the Application Programme Interface (API) to obtain the necessary details for its operation, Minister Gurung said. 

The decision was taken to grant approval to the Foreign Minister to participate in the 'WPL Country Award 2025' distribution ceremony to be held in Montenegro on September 28-30. 

The cabinet meeting has decided to appoint Justice Munendra Prasad Awasthi of the High Court Tulsipur, Nepalgunj as the chair of the Revenue Tribunal Nepalgunj, appoint lawyer Kumari Kharel from Jhapa as the member of the Labour Court, and approve 58 officer-level temporary posts level to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission for the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons for the fiscal year 2082/83. 

Approval has been granted for Chief of Army Staff Ashokraj Sigdel to participate in the 12th Beijing Shanghai Forum to be held in Guangzhou and Shanghai, China, from October 13 to 21 and also to Secretary (Education) Chudamani Paudel of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to attend the conference on 'Global Higher Education' themed 'Reliance, Values, Innovation Surviving and Thriving in a Volatile World' to be held in London from October 28 to 30.

The government has decided to enter into an 'Agreement on General Works Recruitment between the Government of Nepal and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' 

Additionally, the meeting has decided to amend the boundaries of the Shey-Phoksundo National Park and the buffer zone, declare the Chhayanath National Park and the buffer zone, approve the third national strategy for public financial management reform (2082-2087), and approve the National Sports Development (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2062. (RSS)