Kathmandu. The government has decided to donate one month’s salary and salary of the Prime Minister and all the members of the Council of Ministers to the Prime Minister’s Natural Disaster Relief Fund.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today decided to contribute one month’s salary and salary of all the members of the Council of Ministers including the Prime Minister to the fund in order to help in the relief and rescue of the disaster-affected people.

The meeting also decided to direct the Ministry of Finance to prepare a concessional and rehabilitation package for the people and businesses affected by the floods in Rasuwagadhi, Bhotekoshi River and downstream areas of Nepal-China last Wednesday.

Similarly, the government has given approval in principle to the Agriculture Inputs Company Limited to purchase 25,000 metric tonnes of DAP fertilizer from India through the government-to-government procurement process.

The cabinet meeting took the decision in view of the need of relief, rehabilitation and agriculture sector in the flood-affected areas.