The Government of Nepal’s Council of Ministers, during its meeting held on Baisakh 10, 2083 BS, adopted 11 major decisions covering international development financing, cooperative governance, public administration and diplomatic affairs. A key decision was to authorize the Ministry of Finance to negotiate a USD 115 million concessional loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the Integrated Water Supply and Sewerage Management (Sector) Project. The Cabinet approved proceeding with negotiations and finalizing the relevant loan agreement and associated documentation. The proposed financing is intended to support Nepal’s water supply and sewerage management sector. However, the decision authorizes loan negotiations and agreement finalization rather than confirming that the funds have already been disbursed.
In the cooperative sector, the Cabinet approved the Problematic Cooperative Institutions Members’ Savings and Loan Protection Fund Establishment and Operation Procedures, 2083 BS, providing an administrative framework for managing savings and loan protection arrangements involving troubled cooperative institutions. The decision addresses an important area of financial governance amid concerns over cooperative savings and institutional accountability. The government also approved the implementation of the Government Public Land Recovery Investigation Report, 2076 BS, prepared under the coordination of Mohanraman Bhattarai. Separately, the Cabinet decided to proceed with necessary arrangements to transfer land to the National Police Training Academy, in accordance with a previous government decision.
The Cabinet also made decisions concerning international relations, defense cooperation and government personnel management. It authorized Nepal’s participation in the first meeting of a bilateral consultation mechanism between Nepal and Romania, scheduled for Baisakh 21–22, 2083 BS, in Bucharest, under the leadership of the Foreign Secretary. The Ministry of Defense received approval for Nepal Army officials to participate in the Pacific Air Chiefs Seminar (PACS), a programme associated with the United States Department of War. In administrative affairs, the government approved the appointment of six gazetted first-class joint secretaries through the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. It also approved a proposal concerning service conditions and benefits for assistants to senior Nepal Army officials.
Other decisions included administrative arrangements relating to Nepal’s diplomatic representation in the United Kingdom, approval to engage an expert adviser for the Prime Minister on communication and information technology matters, and a recommendation concerning the postponement of the ongoing session of both houses of the Federal Parliament. The Cabinet’s decisions reflect government activity across water infrastructure financing, cooperative regulation, institutional management, diplomatic engagement and civil service administration. The official document records policy approvals and administrative authorizations but does not establish that the proposed ADB loan has been disbursed, that the cooperative protection fund is already operational or that all approved measures have been fully implemented.
