KATHMANDU, Oct 15: The government has decided to issue an order to unlock difficulties to extend the tenure of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission of Investigation on the Enforced Disappeared Persons until July 17, 2023.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday took this decision, according to the Government Spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki.
The meeting also approved the participation of Auditor General Tankamani Sharma Dangal in an auditing related programme to be held in Manila, Philippines.
Reviewing transitional justice
The cabinet meeting also formed a talk team under the Chief of the International Economic Assistance Coordination Division of the Ministry of Finance to hold a dialogue to give a final touch to the document on loan assistance of $200 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the school education sector programme.
The government also extended the tenure of the Environment, Compensation Distribution, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Unit of the Budhi Gandaki Project by one year.
Minister Karki further informed that the Cabinet decided to approve and implement the agreement the government had with Prof Dr Govinda KC on September 24. Similarly, the government will allow 37 foreign nationals from different countries to leave Nepal within three months by waiving their passport fee, delay fee and fine.
As per the government decision, the local levels of Jumla, Humla, Mugu and Kalikot districts of Karnali Province hit hard by the floods and landslides would be declared disaster hit zones in a bid to minimize future loss and damage. The works under disaster risk minimization and management would be made more effective, he added.
The Buddhabhumi Municipality of Kapilvastu will be provided one bighas of land at the Badriya-9 (a) in the district for 30 years setting conditions for the construction of a 15-bed hospital. The concept note on draft of amending and integrating laws on drugs would be approved in principle.
The government also decided on the promotion of some army officials. The postage stamps and postal stationeries which were printed in different times but not brought to use will be written off as per Financial Work Procedure and Fiscal Liability Regulation. The government has extended the tenure of Brigadier General of Nepal Army Bijaya Thapa until September 18, 2023.
(RSS)
