Kathmandu-The Cabinet meeting held on Monday has made 18 decisions public. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung made the decisions of the meeting public at a press conference on Tuesday.

The decisions of the Cabinet meeting are as follows:

To approve the Electricity Authority to purchase 29,73,163 promoter shares of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) in the Cross Border Power Transmission Company established for the construction of a transmission line from the Nepal-India border to Muzaffarpur, India

1. To form a consumer court with jurisdiction to adjudicate related cases within Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts with the headquarters in Kathmandu Valley
2. To delegate the authority to perform the work referred to in Section 3 of the National Directives Act, 2018 to the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs
3. To grant permission to Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal to participate in the program on the theme of ‘Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety’ to be held in Morocco from 2081 Falgun 6 to 8.
4. To extend the period of the agreement between the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens and the Educational Program for Children Without Minimum Facilities for the operation and management of the Children’s Reformatory Homes in Bhaktapur, Morang, Kaski Banke until mid-Asad 2082 BS.
5. To grant permission to Sainamaina Municipality Rupandehi to use 3.5 hectares of land in the National Forest in Ward No. 10 of Sainamaina Municipality, Rupandehi District, for the construction of the Sainamaina Waste Management Center.
6. To organize ‘Sagarmatha Samvad’ in Kathmandu on the topic of ‘Climate Change, Mountains and Future of Humanity’ on 2082 Jestha 2, 3 and 4.
7. Approval to use 3.2 hectares of land in the national forest located in Wards 8, 11 and 12 of Birendranagar Municipality and Ward 10 of Lekhbesi Municipality of Surkhet district for the construction of the Bheri Pumping Sub-Project
8. Approval to Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security Sharad Singh Bhandari to participate in the World Government Summit 2025 to be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 29th Magh to 1st Falgun 2081
9. Approval to establish new Land Revenue and Survey Offices in Pokhariya of Birgunj, Bodgaun of Kapilvastu and Narakota Sinja of Jumla
10. Approval of 10 additional temporary officer-level positions for the fiscal year 081-82 for programs to be operated under the Ministry of Urban Development
11. Approval of the University Grants Commission Financial Procedures-Regulations 2081
12. Approval of the Internal Control System Guidelines 2081
13. To approve the criteria for making public expenditure economical and effective, 2081
14. To approve the Eighth Amendment Regulation of Government of Nepal Performance, 2081
15. To approve the Third Amendment Regulation of Good Governance, Management and Operation, 2081
16. To approve the Second Amendment Regulation of Special Economic Zone, 2081
17. To promote and appoint seven officers of the Gazetted Second Class of various service groups and subgroups of the civil service to the post of Gazetted First Class Joint Secretary or equivalent of the relevant service, group and subgroup.