KATHMANDU, MARCH 29
The government has decided to approve the grant assistance and technical assistance related to the feasibility study for trans-border railway to be received under the Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement proposed by the government of the People's Republic of China.
Government Spokesperson and Minister of Communications and Information Technology informed about this during the news conference organised today at the ministry while making public the decisions of a meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 28.
Minister Karki said the Cabinet meeting decided to extend the term of the implementation agreement concerning oil and natural gas resource survey in Nepal by two years. It decided to approve the letter of intent related to zero customs and quota-free facility between Nepal and China as well as the agreement regarding feasibility of grid connection between the two countries.
According to the government spokesperson, the meet decided to declare Tilaurakot-Kapilvastu area as a 'protected monument zone'. It approved the visit of a team led by National Planning Commission Vicechair Bishwonath Poudel that participated in the 20th edition of the Doha Forum conference held on March 26 and 27 in Doha, Qatar. It approved the India visit of Toyam Raya, the secretary at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority from April 1 to 10.
Monday's Cabinet meeting also made appointments to various government bodies.
Accordingly, Lekhnath Sharma Pangeni and Jeevan Angai have been appointed members of Nepal Revenue Advisory Committee, and Sanjeev Jha, the general manager of Dairy Development Corporation.
Similarly, Bhairab Raj Regmi has been appointed member of the National Land Commission, while Karuna KC has been designated deputy director-general of the Survey Department.
The Cabinet also appointed and installed, as per the recommendation of the Public Service Commission and the Judicial Service Commission, the gazetted second class officers of various services and groups in the gazetted first class posts of the related service groups.
The government has formed a recommendation committee under the convenorship of the secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for appointing a member to Nepal Telecommunication Authority.
It has decided to give approval to Kedar Bhakta Mathema, former ambassador of Nepal to Japan, to receive an honour to be conferred on him by the Government of Japan.
The Cabinet meeting has given temporary approval to Chitwan Engineering Campus, Rampur, for running classes of the new course programme in Bachelor of Architecture, with intake of 24 students.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 30, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
