SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEET CHAIRED BY PM UNDERWAY

SPECIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY PM UNDERWAY

Kathmandu, 8 Nov.: A meeting of a special committee for the
integration of 19,000 plus Maoist former combatants chaired by
Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai gots underway before his departure laer Tuesday for Maldives to lead a summit to the 17th SAARC
summit.
The meeting is discussing a package proposal prepared by the secretariat
of the special committee for the resettlement and integration of the formr combatants.
The special committee meeting was repeatedly delayed because of the absence from the capital of five committee members from
political parties.
The package has to be implemented by 23 November to complete he peace process.
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DETAILS OF PM’S MEETNGS WITH CHINESE, INDIAN LEADERS





Kathmandu, 8 Nov.: The 20-member high level Chinese delegation led by Communist Party of China (CPC) Politburo Member Liu Qi Monday called on Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar and held talks on the matters relating to the bilateral
interests, The Rising Nepal reports.
Prime Minister Dr. Bhattarai said that Nepal always stood by ‘One-China’ policy and assured that Nepal would never support anti-Chinese activities on its soil.
"PM Dr. Bhattarai reiterated Nepal’s commitment to One-China policy during the meeting. The PM said Nepal would not allow anyone to carry out anti-China activities on its soil," the Prime Minister’s press advisor Ramrijhan Yadav told media persons.
The PM said "The Nepalese government is always serious about China’s security concerns."
Yadav, who accompanied the PM in the meeting, said that it centered on the Nepal-China relations, bilateral trade and securities concerns.
Yadav informed that Prime Minister stressed on developing new trade ties as per the spirit of the 21st century.
It is learnt that the Chinese team expressed their concerns over anti-Chinese activities of Tibetans in Nepal.
Chinese delegation team leader Liu Qi told the Prime Minister that China was always ready to support Nepal’s development process and assured that it would continue assistance for Nepal.
Liu Qi also informed that the high level Chinese delegation would visit Nepal before PM Bhattarai’s visit to China.
Karan meets PM
Indian scholar and leader of Congress-I Dr Karan Singh Monday called on Prime Minster Dr Baburam Bhattarai at the latter’s office in Singha Durbar.
Talking to the reporters after the meeting Dr Singh said that the meeting was focused on relations between Nepal and India.
"Given the latest agreement among the political parties, I hope the peace and constitution writing process is moving forward. India has been supportive in Nepal’s quest for stability and prosperity and will be so," said Dr Singh, who came here to attend the convocation ceremony of the Kathmandu University as the chief guest.
(NOTE: Singh came ostensively to Kathmandu to accept a hourary doctorate from Kataahamandu University at its convvation ceremony for graduabes. But’s he’s meen holding polotocalmeetmgs withgovernment and political party ddddddddddduring his latest Nepal lvisit. The chief of the foreign department of INdan National Congress and a formr aambassador to USA has acted as a troubleshooter for the government in the past while visiting Nepal.)
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FINANCE MINISTRY EXTENDS TERM OF PROBE PANEL
Kathmandu, 8 Nov.: The government has extended a month time period of high level committee for the investigation of Indian Currency (IC)
Misappropriation, The Himalayan Times reports.

The Finance Ministry had formed a committee led by director general at the Department of Revenue Investigation in September.

“The term was extended since the committee could not complete its investigation,” director general at the department Shanta Bahadur Shrestha said, adding that it is optimist to complete investigation in the extended timeframe.

The ministry had also formed a committee led by deputy governor Maha Prasad Adhikari at the central bank to investigate the involvement of banks in the multi-million IC misuse scam. The committee is also preparing its report.

Meanwhile, the Department of Revenue Investigation is interrogating with different banks that were involved in the scam. “The department will not spare banks since their direct link has been established,” said a source at the department that has found release of IC without filling foreign currency exchange form by the banks.

“The banks have breached existing regulation and they have to be punished and the department is committed to take action against banks,” the source added.

There has been gross misappropriation of Indian Currency in the bordering districts by the traders using the banking channel, though banks have claimed they have no role in the case as they are playing according to central bank’s rule.
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