KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The government has removed Sharad Ojha, the Chairman of the Nepal Insurance Authority.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on August 18 relieved Ojha of his post, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung stated on Wednesday during a regular press conference organized to share the cabinet decisions.
Minister Gurung, also the Spokesperson of the government, said Ojha was removed from the post based on the recommendation of the probe committee on the grounds of his indecent performance, poor work competency and failing to discharge his positional responsibility.
Likewise, the cabinet meeting approved the visit of National Planning Commission Member Dr Prakash Kumar Shrestha to Thailand for participation in Resilient Supply Chains and Equitable Growth in a Changing World of Work, which is taking place on September 15 and 16.
Ojha appointed chairman of Nepal Insurance Authority
Similarly, the cabinet approved the visit of Secretary of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Narayan Prasad Sharma Duwadi to attend the "Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific-2025" to be held in Indonesia on September 23-25.
The government has permitted a delegation headed by Auditor General Toyam Rana to participate in the 25th International Convention of International Organization of Supreme Audit Institution to be held in Sharm El Sheikh of Egypt, from October 27-31.
It also decided to approve around Rs 30.8 billion concessional loan from the Japanese government for the implementation of the Koteshwor Intersection Improvement Project.
Similarly, the government also decided to approve the principle of formulation of a bill related to lease finance and amendment of the grant and loan agreement of the forest project for prosperity. It also approved the Human Rights Award Fund Operation (First Amendment) Regulation, 2082, as well as appointed Dr Tek Bahadur Ghimire (Sankhuwasabha) as the chairperson of the Administrative Court and advocates Nawal Kishor Yadav (Parsa) and Alok Chandra Shrestha (Baglung) as members.
Permission was given to Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, to participate in the 63rd Annual session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation to be organised in Kampala of Uganda, from September 8-12.
Minister Gurung shared that the government decided to issue diplomatic passport for Bandana Rana, a member of Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) as well as permission was granted to Foreign Minister Dr Arzu Rana Deuba to participate in high-level conference of Asia Cooperation Dialogue related to World Financial structures to be organised from September 2 in Bangkok of Thailand. .
Likewise, the meeting decided to approve the Customs (Eighth Amendment) Regulations, 2082, the National Youth Policy, 2082, as well as the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of Nepal and South Wildlife Enforcement Network, 2025.
Permission was granted to table a bill designed to amend the act related to reconciliation, 2068, at the federal parliament.
