KATHMANDU, Jan 29: The Election Commission has adopted a policy of using locally produced materials as much as possible for the upcoming election to the House of Representatives slated for March 5.
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The EC has adopted such a policy to make the election economical, transparent, and to use and encourage local products, as far as applicable. A total of 51 materials will be used for the election, and currently 37 types of materials are being procured from the provinces and districts in a decentralized manner, shared the Commission's spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai.
Among them, 14 types of materials are being procured from the central level, and the responsibility for most of the purchases has been given to Salt Trading Company. He said that only new materials worth Rs 67.5 million have been procured for the election, and other materials have been reused.
