Kathmandu, September 16. The government has decided to facilitate legal procedures for Nepali citizens who have died or been injured in Saudi Arabia to receive insurance and compensation.
A Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided to issue an order allowing Saudi Arabian lawyers to be authorized to initiate legal proceedings related to insurance and compensation claims on behalf of Nepali citizens, according to government spokesperson and Minister for Education and Sports Sasmita Pokhrel.
The government has also taken several other decisions, including measures to simplify and digitize government decision-making processes and promotions of senior government officials.
The Cabinet approved the Government Decision Process, Simplification and Digitization Regulation, 2083.
It also decided to set advance tax rates on benefits received from securities arising from the disposal of interests in entities listed with the Securities Board of Nepal. For natural persons, the advance tax has been fixed at 3.5 percent on benefits from interests held for more than 365 days and 5 percent on benefits from interests held for 365 days or less.
Similarly, Khagendra Kattel, Ram Prasad Bhattarai and Baburam Dahal, officers of the Nepal Judicial Service, Judicial Group, Gazetted First Class, were promoted to the Gazetted Special Class.
The Cabinet also approved the Operating Procedure for the Cyclical Relief Fund, 2083.
In another decision, Kaliprasad Parajuli, Joint Secretary of the Nepal Administration Service, was promoted to the Gazetted Special Class position of Secretary.
The government has publicly released six decisions from Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting.
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