A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers took this decision, according to Government Spokesperson and Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Sasmit Pokharel. Earlier, the President had returned the Ordinance (First Amendment) to the government for reconsideration.
Likewise, the meeting agreed to accept a concessional loan worth 52 million US dollars from the World Bank, along with a grant of five million US dollars. The funding aims to replace industries using traditional boilers with electric boilers and to improve air quality monitoring.
Similarly, it granted in-principle approval to the Agricultural Inputs Company Limited to purchase 60,000 metric tons of urea and 20,000 metric tons of double superphosphate fertilizer from India under the government-to-government (G2G) arrangement.
The cabinet also agreed to consider a revised master plan for the Singha Durbar premises, which includes provisions related to entry to the Federal Parliament premises.(RSS)
