The government is releasing whitepaper incorporating the economic details of the country. Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma is releasing the whitepaper (Fact Paper) highlighting the current economic situation of the country in the meeting of the House of Representatives today.

The HoR meeting is taking place at 1pm today. According to Shreedhar Neupane, press expert of the Speaker Agni Sapkota, the Finance Minister has asked for the time to issue the whitepaper in the parliament meeting.
The government for the first time is issuing a whitepaper after the formation of new government led by Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Minister Sharma said the government is issuing the whitepaper incorporating the reality of the economic situation of the country rather than to blame others.

Kathmandu, Aug 3. Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has said the government is committed to press freedom and civil rights.
At a programme organized by Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) here Monday, Finance Minister Sharma said, “Current government and ruling coalition stand firm for press freedom.” He also vowed that financial problems faced by media sector in the face of COVID-19 pandemic would be addressed well.

According to him, relief could be managed in a way it would prop up small and mid-scale media. “Working class is facing a severe problem at present. They have lost their jobs. So, solution can be reached after holding broader discussion,” he added.

He however pointed out the need of reform in media law and acts along with institutional structure and capacity building.

On the occasion, Acting Chair of FNJ, Ramesh Bista, reminded Minister Sharma that journalists were relieved from the post and deprived of remuneration in the name of COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has been an excuse, he said, adding that the laws on media should be friendly to media persons. RSS

RUKUM, Dec 8: CPN (Maoist Center)’s Janardan Sharma has been elected as the House of Representative member from Rukum west. Sharma garnered 34,402 votes while Gopalji Jung Shah of Nepali Congress only got 15,659 votes.

BIRATNAGAR, June 22: Minister for Home Affairs, Janardan Sharma, has said that it was the responsibility of the government to hold the election in a fearless environment.

Inaugurating a Regional Security Seminar of province no 1 at Biratnagar amidst a function on Thursday, Home Minister Sharma said that the role of local level election was significant for constitution implementation.

He said a federal administrative model should now be built in the country and added that the government has forwarded necessary process to formulate different acts and laws and to amend some existing laws.

Saying rights of the people would be established, political problems would be resolved and the country would head towards the path of economic prosperity after the local level election, Minister Sharma expressed belief that political stability would be established in the country.

The Home Minister said that the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and Biplav group have participated in the election at some places as independent candidates, saying all most all parties have participated in the second round of the local level election.

Similarly, Chief of Peace and Security Division of the Home Ministry, Deepak Kafle shed light on the objectives of the seminar.

The seminar was organized with an objective of sharing information by office-bearers of security bodies regarding the policy adopted by the security bodies in view of the local-level election-2074 and preparing necessary strategy where Inspector General of Police, Prakash Aryal, Inspector General of Armed Police Force, Singha Bahadur Shrestha, Chief of General Staff of Nepal Army, Baldev Raj Mahat, Chief Investigation Director Dilendra Raj Regmi and Regional Administrative eastern region, Rajeshworman Singh were present.

Similarly, Chief District Officer, office-bearers of the security bodies including Superintendent of Police of 14 districts of province no 1 also participated in the seminar. RSS

CHITWAN, June 21: Home Minister Janardan Sharma has assured of strengthened security arrangements for the upcoming second-round of local level elections scheduled for June 28.

In his address to a press meet organized by the Press Center, Chitwan today, the Minister said the government had mobilized all available resources and used its full strength to hold the election peacefully.

On a different note, the Home Minister said the decision to hold the local level elections in three phases was taken with the consent of the dissenting political parties and this had helped build poll-friendly atmosphere.

Praising the enthusiasm of a mass of people and many parties including those against the polls to participate in the polls, he said the move of the Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand, which was against the election, to file candidacy nominations from some parts was welcoming.

In his response to a query about the reason behind the government decision to ‘compensate’ the guilty in the Tikapur violence, the Home Minister said the matters of punishing the guilty and compensating for the damages should be dealt separately as they were different in nature and the government believed in the principle of justice to all.

“The government does or would never tend to discourage the morale of police administration,” he said, adding that entire mechanisms would be mobilized to enforce the constitution and government policies and program. “The police administration is one of the important mechanisms and the government never tends to discourage it, rather always promotes it.”

Prior to this, addressing the convocation ceremony of basic training for the 173 batch of Assistant Sub Inspector of Police operated by the Junior Police Officer College, Bharatpur, the Minister said the State never wanted to see politicization, factionalism and division in police mechanism and would not hesitate to go for action if such situation arrived. He directed those who passed out the training to prove themselves competent by remaining within in the ‘chain of command’.

Inspector General of Police Prakash Aryal sought the dedication of the new ASIs to the profession, directing them to work keeping the interests of the country and people in the center.

Likewise, officiating Deputy Inspector General of Police Debendra Subedi informed the program about the launching of National Police Academy e-library at the college which was inaugurated by Home Minister Sharma earlier today.

Also, Deputy Inspector General of Police Rana Bahadur Chand presented a report on training at the event. A total of 150 ASIs passed out the training. RSS