Government Decides to Recommend Two Ordinances to the President

The government has decided to recommend the issuance of two ordinances to the President.

At a Cabinet meeting held today, the government decided to recommend the issuance of an ordinance to amend the Press Council Act, 2048, and another ordinance to amend certain Nepal Acts, including those related to culture, tourism and civil aviation.

Government spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports, Sasmit Pokharel, provided the information.

The Cabinet meeting also decided to accept concessional loans worth USD 285 million and grant assistance worth USD 20 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for road improvement projects.

According to spokesperson Pokharel, the meeting also approved additional investment by the Government of Nepal in the form of rights shares in Nepal Reinsurance Company Limited.

Similarly, the Cabinet approved the participation of a high-level delegation in the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scheduled to take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to November 20.

The meeting also decided to include nano-fertilizers, biostimulants, and essential substances used in commercially produced and marketed organic and biological fertilizers in the list of approved fertilizer materials. It also approved the Fertilizer Control Order, 2083.

Furthermore, the Cabinet decided to approve the publication of a notice in the Nepal Gazette extending the deadlines for landowners and tenant farmers to submit applications for the division of tenanted land, as well as for completing the land division process between the two parties.

The respective deadlines have been extended until the end of Kartik 2085 and the end of Ashadh 2086, Minister Pokharel informed.