Kathmandu: The government has announced the formation of a Debt Recovery Tribunal, appointing Kriti Bahadur Basnet, an Under-Secretary at the Supreme Court, as its chairman. Accompanying him in this endeavor are Basant Raj Puri from Dhankuta and Govinda Sharma Gaire from Tanahun, who will serve as members of the tribunal.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the cabinet has also sanctioned a temporary quota for three officer-level posts for the fiscal year 2081/82 to support the tribunal’s operations. Minister for Communications and Information Technology and government spokesperson, Prithvi Subba Gurung, disclosed the cabinet’s decisions, which include financial assistance of Rs 500,000 to the family of Akub Ahmed from Duduwa rural municipality in Banke district as compensation.
The cabinet has further decided on several key appointments, including Raghuram Bista as the Chairperson of the Public Procurement Decision Briefing Committee, with former joint-secretaries Rohit Kumar Bisural and Thaneshwor Gautam as members. Additionally, the cabinet approved the principle for the formulation of bills related to Foreign Exchange (Regulation and Systematization) and Property Management.
Permission was granted to the Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development to attend the ‘High-Level Interregional Knowledge Exchange on One Country One Priority Project (OCOP) Models’ in Hanoi, Vietnam, from July 14-17. The government has also approved the signing of the ‘Prime Ministerial Commitment: A National Transformation In, and Through, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene’ to ensure sustainable progress in the water and sanitation sectors.
Moreover, the Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation has been authorized to participate in the 47th session of the ‘World Heritage Commission’ in Paris, France. The cabinet also appointed Ram Sharan Pudasaini as the executive director of the Nepal Administrative Staff College and designated Asoj 15 as National Film Day.
Further decisions include signing a Memorandum of Understanding on ‘Cooperation In the Field of Health and Medicine’ between Nepal and India, approving the National Tourism Policy, 2082, and sanctioning foreign visits for secretaries from various ministries.