Govt approves concessional loan of Rs 13.33 billion

KATHMANDU, APRIL 4: The government has decided to approve around Rs 13.33 billion concessional loan to be provided by the World Bank. The recent Cabinet decision was made public at a news conference organised at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology yesterday. Similarly, the government endorsed the participation of Attorney General Dr Dinmani Pokharel and Deputy Attorney General Sanjeev Raj Regmi in the ‘Regional Programme for South Asia’ to be organised in New Delhi on May 7.

On the occasion, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, informed that the Cabinet endorsed the India visit of Chief Election Commissioner, Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, from May 4 to 9 to observe the general election in India. The government was also permitted to revise the design of the Nepali currency note with the denomination of Rs 100 by replacing the old map of Nepal in the background with a new administrative map. According to Minister Sharma, the government decided to approve the draft of the MoU to be signed between the Supreme Court of Nepal and that of India for judicial cooperation, The chief registrar or registrars of the highest court of both countries will sign an MoU.

Even the MoU on the establishment of a consultative mechanism between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and Spain has been endorsed, and approval given to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to sign the MoU. Other decisions made in the meeting include the appointment of former judge of the High Court Shrawan Kumar Gautam as the Chairperson of the Problematic Cooperatives Management Committee. The National Information and Technology Development Committee (Formation) Order, 2058 has been backtracked. The government also transferred some secretaries.