The government has decided to accept a grant assistance of 2.8 billion Japanese Yen from the government of Japan for emergency reconstruction of the BP Highway damaged by the flood.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on July 28 decided to accept the grant assistance, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung said.
Similarly, the government has also decided to accept concessional loan assistance equivalent to approximately Rs 18.92 billion from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group for the implementation of the third phase of the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project.
Likewise, as per the Cabinet decision, the government will entertain concessional loan assistance of USD 120 million (approximately Rs 16.74 billion) that includes USD 86.7 million of shorter maturity loan of 33.3 million of a concessional loan from the IDA of the World Bank Group for the Power Distribution Strengthening Programme (PDSIP).
The meeting also decided to accept a grant of Euro 20 million from the Government of Germany for the same programme.
Similarly, the meeting decided to endorse the 'Letter of Exchange' (LoE) to amend the Protocol of the Nepal–India Transit Treaty, 2023, and to authorize a government representative to sign the document on its behalf. As per the meeting agreement, Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka is set to attend the 'National Forum on Pumped Storage Hydropower' scheduled to take place on September 8-10 in Paris of France.
The government has decided to allow Secretary of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Parashwar Dhungana to represent Nepal at the second session of the preparatory commission of the Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), which will be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 18-29 August 2025.
Likewise, the government has decided to promote and appoint Man Bahadur Karki, the Associate Registrar of the Supreme Court, to the post of Registrar in the gazetted special category of judicial service as per the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission.
Similarly, the Cabinet decided to promote and appoint SC's Registrar Bimal Paudel to the position of Chief Registrar in the gazetted special category of Nepal Judicial Service.
According to Gurung, a decision has been made to grant permission for the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Gokarnamani Duwadi to participate in the 'Care for South Asia Project Completion and Dissemination Workshop' held in Bangkok, Thailand on July 29-31.
Similarly, it has been decided to form a Nepali delegation to participate in the 'Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries' (LLDC-3) under the leadership of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli during an official visit to Turkmenistan from August 3-8.
The government has decided to appoint Dhrubaraj Bhattarai (Tanahun) as the Registrar of the Nepal Engineering Council.
The government has decided to grant theoretical approval for the draft bill to amend and integrate the national youth-related laws.
Also, the government has made a decision to exempt salutation costs levied in 97 mountains which have been opened for climbing activities in Karnali Province and Sudurpashchim Province.
The Cabinet has decided to appoint Dr Ujjwal Chalise as the Executive Director of Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital Development Committee.
