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Joint Secretary Subedi promoted to Secretary



KATHMANDU: The government has promoted Joint Secretary Ram Krishna Subedi to Secretary.

A Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday decided to that effect, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Banskota said during a regular press briefing on Thursday.

Subedi is currently serving as Spokesperson at the Ministry of Home Affairs. Subedi, who had served as Kathmandu Chief District Officer, is considered as a ‘strict’ government officer.

Sources said that Subedi will be assigned as Home Secretary after current Home Secretary Prem Kumar Rai retires.

The meeting also permitted to revive tax rates and directed the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) to manage wires inside Kathmandu Valley.

Likewise, the meeting announced a public holiday on October 30 on the occasion of Kija Puja and accept resignations of Major General Bhuwan Bahadur Adhikari and Colonel Ashish Prasad Upadhyaya among others.

Publish Date : 24 October 2019 17:52 PM

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