KATHMANDU, JUNE 29
The government has decided to give permission to make changes in the design of medals presented to various individuals by reducing the amount of gold used in such decorations.
At a news conference organised here today to make public the decisions of yesterday's Cabinet meeting, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said the Cabinet decided to approve Performance Contract Guidelines, 2022.
Also the Spokesperson for the government, Karki shared that a decision was taken for land acquisition for the construction of tower of Birgunj-Simara-Pokhariya transmission line and to designate the authority to carry out preliminary action towards that end. Similarly, the government also decided to acquire land to improve, upgrade and expand transmission line and sub-stations in Kathmandu Valley and to designate authority for the same.
The Cabinet decided to consult with Public Service Commission on the draft of Armed Police (Second Amendment) Regulations-2022 and to allow use of the forest area for 220- KV transmission line of the Madhya-Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project.
Spokesperson Karki added that the meeting decided to form talks team for making carbon emission reduction procurement agreement, to allow use of national forest area for Bhedetar Sky Walk and to remove trees from the Mahakali bridge project area.
The government has appointed Shital Sahu Purbe (Dhanusha) as chairperson of Broader Janakpur Area Development Council and decided to change the service group and post of unclassified permanent office assistant staffers.
A version of this article appears in the print on June 30, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
