KATHMANDU: The government has appointed Uma Shankar Prasad Yadav from Rautahat as the National Planning Commission (NPC) member.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at the Singha Durbar took a decision to appoint Yadav on the NPC vacant post.

Similarly, the meeting decided to form the National Trade Facilitation Committee with the participation of the private sector.

The Committee is headed by Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Ramesh Rijal, according to Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma.

As per the meeting decisions, Bikram Rai, the member on the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) Board of Directors has been appointed on the vacant post of NAC Vice-Chair.

Likewise, Lekhnath Lama from Sindhupalchowk and Dr Sahara Shrestha from Kathmandu have been appointed the members of the Naradevi Ayurveda Hospital Development Board.

The meeting also granted the permission to the government to present the Bill to revise the Secured Transaction Act, 2063 BS (2006) to the Federal Parliament.