Govt to recommend President again for issuing ordinance related to Constitutional Council

KATHMANDU: The government has decided to recommend to the Head of State once again the issuance of an ordinance related to the Constitutional Council.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) 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.

The cabinet also agreed to accept a concessional loan of $52 million from the World Bank, together with a grant of $5 million, to replace industries using traditional boilers with electric boilers and to improve air‑quality monitoring.

The Cabinet gave in‑principle approval for Agricultural Inputs Company Limited to purchase 60,000 metric tonnes of urea and 20,000 metric tonnes of double superphosphate fertiliser from India under a government‑to‑government arrangement.

The Cabinet agreed to consider a revised master plan for the Singha Durbar premises, which includes provisions related to entry to the Federal Parliament premises.

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