KATHMANDU, JUNE 27

Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has said the government has been taking initiative to forward the citizenship bill with consensus among the political parties.

The bill is currently under consideration in the parliament.

Responding to queries raised over the Appropriation Bill in today's meeting of the National Assembly, Home Minister Khand said, "The government has been taking initiative to pass the citizenship bill to address the citizenship-related problems."

He shared that an arrangement of fundamental rights for those youths, who have not been able to get citizenship certificate, would be made available by preparing some letter of recommendation.

Sharing the information that the Home Ministry has presented a draft related to necessary facilities at the Home Ministry at a time when people are deprived of citizenship certificate due to lack of passage of the bill, the Home Minister said he was confident that the draft would get shape soon.

He further said that the ministry has started necessary preparation for the disaster management as well as necessary activities for preparedness, rescue, relief and rehabilitation.