Kathmandu. The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has made public the progress report made by the office in the last one week. At a press conference held at the office today, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Office Hemraj Aryal informed about the progress of the work.

The report incorporates the details of the meeting of Indian Foreign Secretary Bikram Misri with Prime Minister Balendra Shah last week, and the progress made in the formulation of national policy and documents, the progress of the Investment Board, the right to information and human rights, among others.

During a meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Misri earlier this week, Prime Minister Shah expressed gratitude to the Indian government for providing relief materials as a ‘first responder’ in the aftermath of the recent Bhotekoshi floods in Nepal.

Similarly, on November 3, Prime Minister Shah had held a briefing with the chiefs of security agencies regarding the latest peace and security situation in the country. The Prime Minister also directed to make mutual coordination, information sharing and cooperation between Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force more effective to further strengthen the security of the country.

He directed the chiefs of the bodies concerned to not allow any weakness in the security of life and property of the citizens, adopt a zero-tolerance policy in crime control and make the peace and security system more efficient.

In the last week, a three-day training on policy formulation, policy analysis and evaluation was imparted to the gazetted first-class employees of the Government of Nepal in order to standardize and standardize the formulation of national policies and documents.

Likewise, quarterly details of the works carried out by the various branches÷Division÷Secretariat of this Office have been made public as per the Right to Information Act, 2064 and the Right to Information Rules, 2065.

The monitoring of the good practices and works carried out by the governmental, non-governmental and related stakeholders on the issues of human rights was held in Solukhumbu and Okhaldhunga on November 3. An orientation program on the implementation of the sixth National Action Plan on Human Rights was held in Biratnagar, Koshi Province on November 3.

Spokesperson Aryal shared that a draft of Startup Nepal Portal (Operation and Management), 2083 has been prepared for the integration and simplification of investment of entrepreneurs involved in the innovation sector and feedback has been received after holding discussion with multiple stakeholders in this regard.

A meeting of the Policy Laboratory Directory Committee was held under the convenorship of Chief Secretary Govinda Bahadur Karki to solicit feedback and suggestions on the draft of Personal Data Protection Policy-2083.

Likewise, it has been decided that the bodies concerned will carry out intensive market monitoring to ensure easy supply of essential goods and protect the rights and interests of consumers by controlling unfair trade and business activities like consumer fraud, adulteration and artificial scarcity.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to keep a close watch on disputes and disputes that might take place during the festivals including Tihar and Chhath to keep law and order tight.

The meeting also decided to make arrangements for the effective implementation of the provisions mentioned in the directive on the use and promotion of domestic products-2083 while purchasing goods, construction and services by the public bodies.

The government decision process (simplification and digitization) regulation, 2083 BS recently approved by the Government of Nepal and Council of Ministers with the objective of minimizing unnecessary financial burden on the service seekers, reducing administrative hassles and reducing the time taken to get service will be implemented by all ministries and agencies.

In order to ensure that the citizens get service in a simple, easy and effective manner, an arrangement has been made to provide citizen-friendly service by making a single stop service in the offices directly related to the citizens.

Spokesperson Aryal said that the online and offline complaints related to irregularities and corruption received at this office and the subject and nature study of the complaints have been forward÷ed to the concerned ministry and bodies for investigation and necessary action.

Office of the Board of Investment

The Arun 3 (900 MW) hydropower project under the Investment Board Office under the Investment Board Office has made 77 per cent physical progress while it has reached 60 per cent in the transmission line so far.

In order to speed up the construction of the project, work has been done to ease the customs process to remove the long-standing obstacles, and to make the coordination between the government agencies effective. The approval of the direct agreement for the protection of foreign investment is also in the final stage. The commercial operation of the project will start from February.

The construction of the Upper Karnali (900 MW) project has been completed within the next four years after receiving the financial management documents of Rs 163 billion. During this period, the investment of Narkhola (58.9 MW) and Sanibheri-3 (46.72 MW) projects worth Rs 10.42 billion have been approved.

A PDA Negotiation Committee has been formed by approving an investment of Rs 93.41 billion in Betan Karnali (439 MW). According to Section 46 of the Public-Private Partnership and Investment Act, 2075, a one-stop service center has been established in the office and service delivery has been facilitated. Investor Facilitation and Grievance Hearing Desk has been set up and operated for the investors.