FURTHER DETAILS OF CABINET DECISION

GOVT. APPOINTS SECRETARY;OTHER DETAILS OF CABIONET MEET


Kathmandu, 27 Dec.: Cabinet Tuesday also decided to set form a body in the Office of the Prime Minister ti deal with Dalit issues.
Government announced a Rs.10 million dole for the
Construction of a building of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Rs. 10 million for construction of its new building,”
Government decided to release the promised Rs 1.5 billion to to Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to import POL products.
Acting Secretary at Ministry for Law and Justice Bhesh
Raj Sharma was promoted secretary.

Umesh Chandra Jha and Prachanda Raj Pradhan were appointed chairman and vice-chairman of the Nepal Law Commission.

Lawmaker Devi Khadka was appointed the co-ordinator of the Prison Reforms Committee.and Sunil Ranjan Singh, Ramesh Shrestha and Bhagwat Chaudhary members.
Vice-chancellor of Tribhuvan University Hira Maharjan was appointed member of the University Grant Commission along with Purbanchal University vice-chancellor Maheshwor Man Shrestha, Prof. Shiva Sharan Maharjan, Dr Bidhya Nath Koirala, Dr Mahendra Singh and Chiri Shova Tamrakar.

The government also decided to terminate appointment of Tika Jung Thapa, director of Institute of Foreign Affairs Studies, and Suresh Yadav, chairman of Nepal Railway Company.

Government also accepted resignation of Dr. Sudha Sharma, secretary at the Ministry of Health and decided that the ministry will now have only one secretary. Previously, the ministry had two posts for secretaries.
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