Kathmandu, Oct 16: The government has decided to approve Nepal Special Service (21st amendment) Regulation, 2083.
Making public the decisions of a cabinet meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today, Minister for Information and Communications, Dr Bikram Timilsina, said that the meeting approved the emergency grant assistance equivalent to 295 million Yen to be received from Japanese government as well as the grant assistance of 20 million Euro to be received from Germany.
Similarly, the government took the decision of granting permission, in principle, to formulate Budhigandaki Development Authority Bill at the proposal of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.
Upon the proposal of Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, a decision has been taken to bring into effect the section of Clause 17, Clause 25 and 26 of Criminal Offences (Sentencing and Execution) Act, 2074 from November 1.
At the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment, the government decided to determine minimum support price of wheat at Rs 4,107 per quintal for fiscal year 2083/84.
Chumnubri rural municipality, Dharche rural municipality and Arughat rural municipality of Budhigandaki flood-affected Gorkha and ward no 1 and 2 of Tripurasundari rural municipality in Dhading district have been declared as disaster crisis-hit areas.
Similarly, the cabinet decided to declare Baglung's Galkot and Dhorpatan municipalities which severe severely affected by the floods and landslides triggered by rainfall from September 24 -27 as a crisis-hit are for three months.
Likewise, as per the Cabinet decision, Rs 15,000 per family with four members per month will be provided as immediate relief for a maximum of six months for settlement and livelihood, provided that the affected families want to manage temporary residence on own instead of continuing their stay in the government-run holding center. Similarly, for any family with more than six members, an additional Rs 2,000 per person per month will be provided.
The meeting agreed to approve the proposal to submit the BIMSTEC Agreement on Maritime Transport Cooperation to the Federal Parliament for ratification. The proposal was presented by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development.
More, it also granted in-principle approval to draft a bill on national employment, as proposed by the Ministry of Youth, Labor and Employment.
Similarly, the meeting approved the Kalimati Fruit and Vegetable Market Development Committee (Formation) (Fourth Amendment) Order, 2083 BS and the Animal Feed Substances (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2083 BS. It has been decided to approve the submission of bills to amend the Animal Slaughterhouse and Meat Inspection Act, 2055 BS (1999) and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2074 BS (2017) to the Federal Parliament.
In addition, the meeting decided to dispatch the annual report of the management audit for the fiscal year 2081/82 BS to the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration for implementation.(RSS)
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