KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 31

The government has decided to grant permission, in principle, to formulate a bill related to the election.

Releasing the decisions of the Cabinet meeting held on December 29, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki shared that the Cabinet granted the permission, in principle, to formulate bill related to election operation and management.

At a press conference organised at the ministry today, also the Spokesperson for the government Karki said that a decision was also taken to handover the land administration of previous Lekhfarsa, Kafalkot and Lekhparajul VDCs of Surkhet district to Land Revenue and Survey Office, Mehalkuna, Surkhet and to operate the services related to this.

It also decided to recommend before the president to assign Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Bal Krishna Karki as acting Chief of Army Staff recommend as CoAS General Prabhu Ram Sharma is staying on home leave from January 2-14.

According to Minister Karki, the government has decided to assign senior soil scientist Ganga Dutta Acharya at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development as senior programme expert at SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, on deputation.

Similarly, permission has been granted to use 2.57 hectares of forest area of national forest area located at Solududhkunda Municipality in Solukhumbu to open track of Taktor-Lamajura road section.

The government has given approval, in principle, to complete the remaining study and internship to those students studying MBBS in different countries, including China, as well as to appoint Rishiram Panta and Shankar Ranabhat of Bhanu Municipality of Tanahun district as chairperson and executive director of Adikabi Bhanubhakta Birthplace Development Committee respectively.

A version of this article appears in the print on January 1, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.