Govt to honour 35 sport personalities for international achievements

KATHMANDU: The government has announced to honour 35 people from the sports fraternity for their stellar victory in various international competitions.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung shared this while unveiling the decisions of the cabinet meetings convened last Thursday and Friday.

Among the key decisions made in the meetings, the government decided to honour award winning players and their coaches, managers and physiotherapists who brought home medals in the international-level football, karate and beach volleyball competitions.

Minister Gurung, also the Spokesperson of the government, informed that the government has approved in-principle for advancing the compensation and addressing problems related to the under-construction Nagdhunga Tunnel Project.

The other notable decisions of the last two cabinet meetings are accepting the grant assistance worth USD 100 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development Programme, ADB’s USD 170 million concessional loan and USD 15 million grant assistance for the project related to improvement of drinking water supply in the Kathmandu Valley.

The meeting also decided to accept USD 3 million grant assistance from the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific in addition to the USD 85 million from the ADB for the project concerning modernization of irrigation.

Other important decisions included appointing Devraj Dgungana in the Executive Director of the Security Print Press Centre and nominating Dr Rajendra Prasad Baral and Deepakraj Sapkota as the Board of Directors of the Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre.

The government approved the fourth period report to be submitted by Nepal to the Committee of the Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Furthermore, the MoU to be signed between the governments of Nepal and India for projects related to the development of water, sanitation and hygiene has been approved.

Additionally, the meeting approved the Electronic Good-Governance Commission (Formation and Operation) (First Amendment) Order and Guideline on the usage of domestically produced goods in the public offices.

The government also approved the Micro, Cottage and Small Enterprises Promotion Policy, the Industrial and Investment Promotion Fund Operation Procedure and National Urban Development Policy-2081 BS.