Kathmandu — President Ramchandra Paudel has officially ended the ongoing session of the National Assembly based on the recommendation of the Cabinet meeting held on Monday evening.
In line with Article 93 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal, the session has been concluded effective from Tuesday midnight. With the House of Representatives already dissolved and the National Assembly session now closed, the government has been cleared to issue ordinances.
Kathmandu — The House of Representatives on Friday passed the Land Bill 2082, which amends several existing laws related to land. Speaker Devraj Ghimire announced the bill’s approval after it was endorsed by a majority vote.
Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Balram Adhikari, had presented the proposal for decision. He explained that the bill was introduced to provide land to landless Dalits, squatters, and unmanaged settlers, aiming to regulate settlement patterns across the country. According to him, families living in risky areas will be relocated to integrated settlements through coordination with local governments.
However, some lawmakers criticized the bill. Rajkishor Yadav of the JASAPA argued that the intended groups may not benefit as expected, while lawmaker Prakash Adhikari claimed that the bill lacked constitutional analysis and could favor land mafias. Maoist chief whip Hitraj Pandey said some provisions were impractical and would not serve the general public’s interest. Similarly, Maoist whip Rupa Sosi Chaudhary, though supporting the provision of land to Dalits and squatters, accused the bill of including arrangements that would benefit real estate businesses.
KATHMANDU — Four different committees of the Federal Parliament are scheduled to meet today, according to the official calendar. The meetings will include the Finance Committee, the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, the Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee, and the Legislative Management Committee.
The Finance Committee will hold clause-by-clause discussions on the “Bill on Managing Alternative Development Finance.”
The Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee will conduct a clause-by-clause review of the “Nepal Bar Council (Second Amendment) Bill, 2081.”
The Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee will discuss matters related to the “Hind Kush Himalayan Parliaments’ Meet – 2025.”
Meanwhile, the Legislative Management Committee will hold a theoretical discussion on the “Nepal Citizenship (Second Amendment) Bill, 2081.”
Kathmandu – The House of Representatives meeting has been postponed for 10 days.
Concluding the meeting on Friday, Speaker Devraj Ghimire has informed that the next meeting will be held on 19th Shrawan at 1 pm.
Kathmandu – The National Assembly meeting is scheduled to convene at 1:15 pm today.
In today’s meeting, the possible agenda has been set for Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Bhagwati Neupane to present a proposal that the ‘Federal Civil Service Bill, 2080, received with a message from the House of Representatives, be sent to the Legislative Management Committee for clause-wise discussion.
Similarly, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak will present a proposal that the ‘Nepal Citizenship (Second Amendment) Bill, 2081, received with a message from the House of Representatives, be sent to the Legislative Management Committee for clause-wise discussion.’ The concerned minister will answer the oral questions related to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The meeting of three committees under the House of Representatives is also being held today. The agenda includes meetings of the Law, Justice and Human Rights, Women and Social Affairs, and Education, Health and Information Technology committees. The Law Committee is scheduled to discuss ‘the Universal Periodic Review with the National Human Rights Commission’.
The Women and Social Affairs Committee has an agenda to discuss ‘the current situation of female workers employed abroad’. The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee has an agenda to ‘discuss with the amenders on the Media Council Bill’. The same bill is being discussed continuously in that committee.
Kathmandu. 43 MPs have submitted amendment proposals to the Federal Civil Service Bill.
The amendment proposal has been submitted to the bill that was passed by the House of Representatives and then reached the National Assembly.
After it was revealed that there was a glitch in the cooling period system of employees when it was passed by the House of Representatives, it is pending in the National Assembly.
The 7-member Parliamentary Special Investigation Committee formed to investigate the glitch in the cooling period system in the Federal Civil Service Bill was announced by the House of Representatives.
The committee included Sushila Thing, coordinator of Jeevan Pariyar from Nepali Congress, Ishwari Gharti and Narayan Acharya from CPN-UML, Madhav Sapkota from CPN (Maoist Center), Ganesh Parajuli from the National Independent Party, and Roshan Karki from the National Prajatantra Party.
The bill was passed by the parliament with provisions different from the provisions passed by the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee. The inquiry committee was formed after both the ruling and opposition parties concluded that the bill had been tampered with.
After it was found that the cooling period had been tampered with, lawmakers from various parties had demanded an investigation and action against the culprits.
Kathmandu – Today, a meeting of five different committees of the Federal Parliament is being held.
According to the scheduled agenda of the Federal Parliament, today, a meeting of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee, Women and Children, Education, Health and Information Technology, Legislative Management and Public Policy and Delegated Legislative Committee is being held.
The Law Committee has set the agenda for ‘discussions with the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers regarding the Universal Periodic Review’, informed the committee’s secretary Ramhari Thapa.
Similarly, the Women and Social Affairs Committee will discuss the ‘Annual Report of the Madhesi Commission (2080/81)’. The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee has the agenda for ‘principled discussion on the Media Council Bill’.
The Legislative Management Committee is scheduled to discuss the ‘National Forensic Science Laboratory (Establishment and Operation) Bill, 2081’ clause-wise. The Public Policy and Delegated Legislation Committee has an agenda to discuss the ‘Report Related to National Parks’.
Kathmandu — The Federal Parliament House of Representatives will meet today at 1 pm at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwor. The agenda for today’s meeting is for Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel to present a proposal to consider the ‘Alternative Finance Mobilization Bill, 2081’.
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal will present a proposal to consider the ‘Ships (Operation and Management) Bill, 2081, which originated in the National Assembly.’ In today’s meeting, Accounts Committee Chairman Hrishikesh Pokharel will present the ’23rd Annual Report of the Public Accounts Committee, 2082′ and Speaker Devraj Ghimire will read out the letter regarding the certification of the bill received from the President’s Office.
Similarly, the National Assembly meeting will be held at 1:15 pm today. In today’s meeting of the National Assembly, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Rajkumar Gupta will present a proposal to consider the ‘Federal Civil Service Bill, 2080’ received with a message from the House of Representatives.
In the meeting, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Deepak Khadka will present a proposal to send the ‘Water Resources Bill, 2081’ received with a message from the House of Representatives to the Legislative Management Committee for clause-wise discussion, according to the Federal Parliament Secretariat.
Kathmandu – Meetings of nine different committees of the Federal Parliament are being held today.
The meetings of the Finance Committee, International Relations and Tourism, Industry, Commerce and Labor and Consumer Welfare, Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committees of the House of Representatives are about to be held. Similarly, the meeting of the Women and Social, Infrastructure Development, Education, Health and Information Technology Committees is on the agenda.
The meeting of the Federalism Strengthening and National Concerns Committee of the National Assembly is also being held. The agenda of the meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee, which is a joint committee, has also been set to be held today.
The agenda of the Finance Committee meeting is to discuss with the amendment proposer who registered the amendment proposal to the bill to amend the Bank and Financial Institutions Act, 2073 BS. The International Relations and Tourism Committee will discuss with the amender the Nepal Air Service Authority Bill, 2081 BS.
The Industry and Commerce Committee will discuss the quota determined by the Government of Nepal for the import and sale and distribution of chemical fertilizers to be provided as subsidies to farmers. The Agriculture and Cooperatives Committee will discuss the committee’s upcoming programs and current issues. The Infrastructure Development Committee has an agenda to discuss the Electricity Bill, 2080, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Bill, 2081, Sunkoshi Marine Diversion Project and various topics. The Education Committee will discuss the report of the School Education Bill subcommittee.
The Federalism Strengthening Committee will discuss the draft of the committee’s on-site monitoring report. The Parliamentary Hearing Committee will discuss the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the recommended persons for hearing.
Since the meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled for Monday and the meeting of the National Assembly is scheduled for Tuesday, the agenda for discussion has been set to take forward important bills in the committee.
Kathmandu: The second meeting of the House of Representatives under the winter session is being held today. The meeting will begin at 1 pm at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwor.
The agenda for today’s meeting is to submit a proposal to pass the ordinance. Similarly, the agenda for today’s meeting of the House of Representatives includes submitting proposals to reject the ordinance.
Opposition party lawmakers have registered 50 proposals in the House of Representatives and 16 in the National Assembly to reject the ordinance.
Since the ruling party has a majority in the House of Representatives, it is seen that the ordinance will be easily passed there. However, since the ruling parties don’t have a majority in the National Assembly, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba have sought the support of JASAPA Nepal. For that, top leaders of the ruling party are trying their best to bring Upendra Yadav in favor of the ordinance.
Kathmandu- The Business Advisory Committee of the House of Representatives has approved the calendar of the House of Representatives for the winter session.
The committee meeting held at Singha Durbar on Tuesday approved the calendar prepared by the Parliament Secretariat with changes. UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula informed that top leaders will address the first meeting of the parliament on Magh 18 and the ordinance will be presented for decision in the meeting on Magh 24.
He said that the replacement bill will be presented by the government within a few weeks. He said that the ruling party is serious about presenting as many bills as possible in the upcoming session of the parliament and achieving a quorum in the house.
Similarly, Maoist Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey informed that the agenda has been prepared to move the house forward smoothly. He said that in the meeting, they raised the issue of bringing the ordinance of the bill that is under discussion in the parliamentary committee.
He also informed that they protested after the Congress said that the country would now be run through an ordinance in the meeting.
Similarly, Congress Chief Whip Shyam Ghimire clarified that they did not say that the country would be run through an ordinance, but rather that an ordinance would be an option if the law could not be made in time.
He said that the Maoist whip had exaggerated the issue that the delay in making the law prompted the government to bring an ordinance.He said that the Congress is of the opinion that the law-making process should be followed by making a schedule.
He said that the ordinance brought by the government is not political in nature and has been brought for the economy and good governance based on the needs of the country. Ghimire mentioned that there is no reason to oppose the ordinance.
Kathmandu – The Parliament Secretariat has moved forward discussions with political parties with the preparation of forming a House of Representatives Rules Amendment Drafting Committee to amend the House of Representatives Rules.
It is said that the rules are being amended to end the tendency of bills registered in the Parliament to be held for a long time. The rules are being amended in an effort to make lawmaking and the process within the Parliament within a time limit.
In the discussion organized by Speaker Devraj Ghimire on Monday with the chief whips and whips of the five major parties, the issue of forming a Rules Amendment Drafting Committee was also discussed and it is understood that preparations are underway to announce the Rules Drafting Committee from the House of Representatives after taking a decision in the Business Advisory Committee meeting with political consensus.
The Parliament session is starting from Magh 18. The parties are preparing to form a Rules Amendment Drafting Committee immediately after the session begins.
The Congress and the UML have concluded that the regulations should be amended to set a three-month deadline for the creation of laws within the parliament, and a proposal is being put forward that the relevant thematic committee should finalize it within a maximum of 90 days when a new bill reaches a committee of the House of Representatives. If a bill is made to amend an act, the committee should finalize it within 60 days, otherwise the House of Representatives will automatically proceed with it without any obstacles.
The relevant thematic committee can request additional time with a satisfactory reason and the proposal requesting such time must be approved by the meeting of the House of Representatives itself.
Earlier, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had also said that it is inconvenient to work when bills are stuck in the parliament for a long time.
KATHMANDU – The government has presented an ordinance related to economic procedures and an order to remove difficulties in the meeting of the House of Representatives .
Finance Minister Dr Prakasharan Mahat presented the ‘Financial Procedures and Financial Accountability (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080’ in the meeting. The ordinance includes provisions such as extending the time period for pre-discussion of the government’s policies and programs and budget.
Likewise, the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dhanraj Gurung has submitted an order to remove the discomfort caused by the extension of two commissions related to transitional justice according to Section 42 of the Commission of Inquiry into Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Act, 2071
Kathmandu – The winter session of the Federal Parliament is starting today. Seven possible agendas have been set for the meeting of the House of Representatives, which is scheduled for 4 pm.
At the beginning of the meeting, Speaker Devraj Ghimire will read out the details of the letter received from the President. After that, he will read out the letter regarding assignment of duties received from the office of the President and the letter regarding assignment of duties received from the office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
According to the Parliament Secretariat, the agenda for the Speaker to nominate the members who will preside over the meeting according to the House of Representatives Rules 2079 has been decided. Likewise, the Electronic Business Bill, 2080 and the National Dignity Bill, 2079 will be tabled in the National Assembly.
Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat will introduce the Financial Procedure and Fiscal Responsibility (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080 and Law Minister Dhanraj Gurung has issued an agenda to submit an order to remove obstacles according to section 42 of the Investigation, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, 2071 issued by the decision of the Council of Ministers.
Kathmandu- The election of the Speaker of the National Assembly will be held on March 12. The detailed schedule of the election prepared by the National Assembly Executive Committee will be announced on March 10.
The term of office of 20 MPs including Speaker Ganesh Prasad Timilsina of the 59-member National Assembly is expiring on the 3rd of March. 19 members have been elected from the election of National Assembly members held on January 25, while the President will nominate one member on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
In terms of numbers, the coalition government currently has a clear majority in the National Assembly . As per the coalition leaders, Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula might be the candidate for the Speaker of the National Assembly on behalf of the coalition.
May 7-Kathmandu — The budget session of the Federal Parliament is starting today. Today, Finance Minister Prakasharan Mahat will submit a proposal to discuss the principles and priorities of the appropriation bill for the next financial year.
According to the constitutional provision, the budget for the next financial year should be submitted by 29th of May. Before that, the annual policy and program will be submitted. According to the Parliament Secretariat, an ordinance to amend some laws related to the Civil Code will also be submitted on today’s session.
In the 92-hour and 30-minute meeting of the first parliamentary session that lasted for 110 days, no significant work was done, nor was any bill passed, except for passing the rules of the House of Representatives and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal taking a vote of confidence twice.
The parliamentarians said that the government did not answer the questions raised by the parliamentarians in the previous session, and the government should address the questions raised by the people’s representatives in the next session. The government is also under pressure to move forward the Citizenship Bill, which was not implemented due to non-certification by the President, in this session.
April 18, Kathmandu – The meeting of the National Assembly scheduled to be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2:31 PM has been postponed indefinitely.
The General Secretary of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Bharatraj Gautam, has published a notice saying that the meeting has been adjourned until further notice.
Earlier, the meeting called for 30 Chaitra 2079 BS.was also postponed on the instructions of the President of the National Assembly, Timilsina.
CPN-UML has objected to the government’s move to extend the tenure of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly.
In the meeting of the House of Representatives today, Member of Parliament Sher Bahadur Tamang said that the bill related to tenure should be withdrawn by addressing today’s parliament meeting from the government side. He stressed to the fact that Parliament should be dissolved after announcing the election. Tamang made it clear that taking the fresh mandate of the people should not be delayed and urged to accept the opinion of the people.
Similarly, MP Gokul Prasad Baskota commented that the alliance is trying to prolong the life of the parliament by imprisoning democracy in its fist. He asked what conspiracy they were trying to do in two months by extending the tenure of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly.
He commented that prolonging the life of the parliament means stifling democracy. Baskota made it clear that CPN-UML will not agree on this bill.
The parliamentary special investigation committee constituted to investigate the then Finance Minister Janardan Sharma on the charge of unauthorized persons entering the Ministry of Finance and changing the rates of taxes and customs during the preparation of the budget for the financial year 2079/80 has submitted its report to the Parliament today.
In the 129-page long report prepared by the 11-member parliamentary special committee led by MP Laxmanlal Karna, it has cleared Sharma saying that no such concrete evidence has been found against him.
According to paragraph 4 of the report published by the committee, It has been concluded that Sharma is set to be free of all charges.
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The 48th meeting of the eleventh session of the House of Representatives is being held today.
In today’s Parliament sitting to be convened at 11 am, the Parliament Secretariat has published a 5-point agenda for discussion.
Industry, Commerce and Supply Minister Dilendra Prasad Badu is scheduled to submit a proposal to consider the Standard Measures and Weights (Fifth Amendment) Bill 2076. Similarly, a proposal to consider the Accreditation Bill 2076 is also included in today’s agenda.
In today’s House of Representatives meeting, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to submit the Nepal Service Special Bill 2076 to Parliament for discussion.
In addition to these, it has been mentioned in today’s agenda published by the Parliament Secretariat that 3 other bills will be discussed in today’s Parliament meeting.
A meeting of the House of Representatives will be held today at 1 pm at the Federal Parliament Building.
In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Education and Health Committee, Jaipuri Gharti, will submit the report of the Education and Health Committee on the Yogamaya Ayurveda University Bill, according to the Parliament Secretariat.
Similarly, Home Minister Balkrishna Khand will present the Prisons Bill, 2076 with the report of the State Order and Good Governance Committee for discussion and propose that the Prisons Bill 2078 be passed.
In today’s meeting, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel will submit a proposal to consider the amendment made by the National Assembly on the Madan Bhandari Science and Technology University Bill 2076, according to the Parliament Secretariat.
Pushpa Bhusal has been elected for the position of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Pushpa Bhusal, who received 148 votes out of the total of 242 MPs present in the Parliament, has been elected to the post of Deputy Speaker by the majority of the existing members. There were 93 votes against Bhushal and one vote in favor of not voting.
Voting for the post of Deputy Speaker of the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives) is scheduled at 3 pm today.
Pushpa Bhusal of Nepali Congress and Bidya Bhattarai of CPN-UML have registered their candidature for the post of Deputy Speaker, which is vacant after the resignation of the then Deputy Speaker Shivmaya Tumbahangfe.
Based on the current number of 271 MPs in the House of Representatives, it seems that a majority of the existing number, i.e. 136 votes, is required to be elected as the Deputy Speaker. In the ruling coalition, there are 61 MPs from the Nepali Congress, 40 from the Maoist Center, 23 from the United Socialist Party, 20 from the Janata Samajwadi Party and 1 from the Rashtriya Janamorcha, while there are 98 MPs from the CPN-UML.
Vidya Bhattarai has registered her candidacy for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives on behalf of the main opposition party CPN-UML.
Whip Shanta Chaudhary and MP Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel has supported her candidature.
After the nomination, the final list of candidates will be published today at 1:30 pm and the election will be held tomorrow at 3 pm.
After the resignation of the then Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe, the Federal Parliament, which has been vacant for almost four years, is going to hold elections for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, according to Rule 8 of the Rules of the House of Representatives 2075 BS, an agenda has been included for the Speaker to fix the date and time for the post of Deputy Speaker.
According to the legal provision that the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker should not belong to the same party, the Deputy Speaker should now be from a party other than the Maoists. Similarly, the constitution has also made provision for women to hold one of the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
A meeting between the top leaders of the five ruling parties to review the local elections has discussed when the parliamentary elections will be held.
At a meeting of top leaders held in Baluwatar for the first time since the local elections, the top leaders of the coalition have confirmed that there was an informal discussion on the issue of parliamentary elections.
According to the top leaders of the coalition, the meeting also discussed about holding the parliamentary election on 13 November or 20 November. Meeting also decided to consult the Election Commission about the date.
The meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled to be held at 1 pm today.
Today’s meeting of the House of Representatives has become a matter of national interest as the alliance has agreed to present MCC to parliament. According to the decision from the Nepali Congress meeting held yesterday, MCC will be presented at the parliament today.
Though the MCC was not mentioned in the agenda made public by the Parliament Secretariat, the leaders close to the Nepali Congress have said that the MCC will also be included in the agenda of the Parliament sitting from the work arrangement committee meeting to be held at 11 am today.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party UML has said that it will disrupt today’s meeting of the House of Representatives.
CPN-UML has been boycotting the previous meetings demanding the dismissal of 14 Socialist MPs including Madhav Nepal, and the resignation of the Speaker.
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