The government has decided to buy seven lakh electronic passports to avoid shortages. This decision was made after the cabinet meeting held on Friday at Singha Durbar.
The government had previously signed an agreement with a French company to supply electronic passports. But that agreement was cancelled. Even after the cancellation, Nepal has been facing a shortage of passports. Because of this, the cabinet decided to temporarily buy passports from the same old supplier until the new contract begins.
Government spokesperson and minister for communication and information technology, Jagadish Kharel, shared the decision. He explained that the government made this move to make sure passport distribution does not stop.
The meeting also approved a team led by energy secretary Chiranjeevi Chataut to attend the seventh meeting of the Nepal Bangladesh Joint Working Group on energy cooperation. This meeting will be held in Dhaka on Mangsir 10 and 11.
Other important decisions
The cabinet made several other decisions during the meeting.
• Deepak Shrestha has been appointed as the member secretary of the Lumbini Development Fund and Council.
• One major general of the Nepal Army has been promoted to assistant lieutenant general. Another assistant lieutenant general has received a special promotion to lieutenant general.
• The structure and staff positions of the Consumer Court and Child Court have been approved.
• Indigenous Nationalities Commission member Rina Rana has been approved to attend a women’s seminar in Lhasa, China from Mangsir 8 to 12.
