A controversial ordinance related to the Political Parties Act facilitated party splits of CPN-UML and JSP. Parliament obstruction by CPN-UML halted government spending for eight days. After the splits, the Political Parties Act ordinance was repealed and the Appropriation Bill was passed. Timeline of major events DateMajor eventsSeptember 2CPN-UML chairman KP Oli filed … [Read more...] about September Analysis: Domestic Politics and Governance
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August Analysis: Gender and Social Inclusion
Digital Divide in the age of technology The COVID crisis has significantly impacted the education system in Nepal. The government has imposed online teaching and learning, but very few have the access to internet and computers. Even schools seem to struggle with the access of the digital infrastructures. After the decline in COVID cases and transmission, the government eased … [Read more...] about August Analysis: Gender and Social Inclusion
August Analysis: National Security and Climate Change
The performance of the agencies involved in Covid-19 pandemic response in Nepal: Given the steady rise in the number of hospitalizations and slow rate of recovery in Covid-19 patients, public health experts suggested that another lockdown was unavoidable. However, Government of Nepal, disinclined to enforce a lockdown, announced prohibitory orders instead. Authorities … [Read more...] about August Analysis: National Security and Climate Change
August Analysis: International Relations and Foreign Affairs
The newly formed coalition government in Nepal led by Sher Bahadur Deuba divulged the Common Minimum Program (CMP) also on August. The General Secretary of Nepali Congress led the team to draft the CMP. The CMP includes the areas in which the government envisions to focus, such as fostering national interest, enforcing rule of law, reinforcing federal democratic system, … [Read more...] about August Analysis: International Relations and Foreign Affairs
August Analysis: Economy and Development
The month of August saw the unveiling of the Monetary Policy for the Fiscal Year 2021/22 by the Governor of the Nepal Rastra bank, Maha Prasad Adhikari. The major focus of the policy for the new fiscal was refinancing, rescheduling and restructuring of loans and maintenance of liquidity on targeted credit programs for tourism businesses, communications, transportation, SMEs, … [Read more...] about August Analysis: Economy and Development