KATHMANDU: The government has taken six major decisions, including recommending the issuance of two ordinances to the President.
The Cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar decided to recommend the President to issue two ordinances, according to government spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports Sasmit Pokharel.
The proposed ordinances seek to amend the Press Council Act, 2048 BS, and certain provisions of Nepal’s existing laws relating to culture, tourism and civil aviation.
Similarly, the Cabinet decided to accept a concessional loan of USD 285 million and a grant of USD 20 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for road improvement projects.
The meeting also approved additional investment by the Government of Nepal in Nepal Reinsurance Company Limited through the purchase of additional rights shares, Pokharel said.
In another decision, the Cabinet agreed to include nano-fertilisers, biostimulants and commercially produced and marketed organic fertilisers in the list of essential substances. It also approved the Fertiliser Control Order, 2083.
The meeting further approved the participation of a high-level Nepali delegation in the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scheduled to take place in Antalya, Türkiye.
Additionally, the Cabinet decided to publish a notice in the Nepal Gazette extending the deadlines for landowners and tenants occupying land to submit applications for land subdivision and to complete the related procedures following the division of such land.
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