Provincial-level The voting on the no-confidence motion filed against Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Prithvi Subba Gurung was scheduled on April 28. However, the voting was postponed indefinitely after the Rashtriya Janamorcha Party claimed the mysterious disappearance of one of its lawmakers. The main opposition parties—the Nepali Congress and Janata Samanjbadi Party, … [Read more...] about News Digest – Federal Affairs (April 29-May5)
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News Digest – Federalism (April 22-28, 2021)
Photos: RSS Budget and development The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has allocated Rs32 billion budget for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) in the upcoming fiscal year 2021/22. The upcoming budget is Rs5 billion less than the current fiscal year (2020/21) while the ministry had allocated Rs37 billion in the current fiscal year. Because of the low … [Read more...] about News Digest – Federalism (April 22-28, 2021)
News Digest – Federalism (April 15-21, 2021)
Photos: RSS The Pokhara Metropolitan City organized the National Mayor Conference for the first time on April 13-14 and shared their experience and challenges through a-16 points Pokhara declaration among local representatives. More than 50 Mayors had participated in the conference and exchanged their last four years of experience among them. In the conference, the mayors … [Read more...] about News Digest – Federalism (April 15-21, 2021)
News Digest – Federalism (April 8 – 15, 2021)
Photo: RSS According to the Federal Affairs and General Administration, out of 753 local levels, only 153 have fire-trucks and the remaining 600 local levels are still unfacilitated. According to the last three years' data, more than 5000 places were caught in fire, 158 people died, and Rs.8 billion worth of goods were damaged by fire. Economics and … [Read more...] about News Digest – Federalism (April 8 – 15, 2021)
News Digest – Federalism (April 01 – 07, 2021)
Photo: RSS After a long time, the Seventh Session of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly commenced on March 31. And the last (Sixth Session) was held on October 6, 2020. During the Seventh Session, the provincial lawmakers discussed the recent trend of political phenomena. In the meeting, the Nepali Congress’s lawmakers criticize Prime Minister Oli’s activities and the lawmakers … [Read more...] about News Digest – Federalism (April 01 – 07, 2021)