The Nepalese cabinet has decided to waive the three percent equality fee on education and health sectors and made several other key decisions during its meeting on Wednesday.
The government of Nepal decided to completely waive the three percent equality fee that was applied to education and health sectors. In the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, the government made seven different decisions including the removal of this fee by amending the Economic Act.
Sasmit Pokharel, who is government spokesperson as well as Minister for Education, Science, and Technology, shared this information. He said that the cabinet decided to amend Economic Act to give discount on education and health tax. Earlier, Prime Minister Balendra Shah had announced on social media to removing this equality fee, and now the cabinet has made it official.
Appointments in Special and Labor Courts
Talking about other decisions, the cabinet has appointed Basudev Acharya, who is a judge at Tulsipur High Court, as the chairperson of Special Court. Similarly, Dipendra Adhikari, a judge from Surkhet High Court, is appointed as the chairperson of Labor Court. For Guthi Sansthan, Shailendra Raj Kunwar has been appointed to the post of administrator.
Discounts at International Airports
For international flights, the government approved to give full discount on parking, landing, and navigation fees for regular international flights operating from Pokhara and Gautam Buddha International Airport. This waiver will be valid until the end of Bhadau 2085, and there will also be a fifty percent discount on ground handling fees.
Loan Sharking Agreement and Suicide Investigation
The cabinet also approved the agreement made on Sawoon 1, 2083. This agreement was signed between the committee formed to solve the problems of people affected by loan sharking and the representatives of farmer-labor movement. According to this, all fake documents related to loan sharking are declared illegal starting from today.
Additionally, to find out the truth behind the suicide incident of Ganesh Nepali, the cabinet has formed a judicial committee. This committee will be headed by former High Court Judge Keshav Prasad Bastola.
Official Waiver of Equality Fees
Lastly, the cabinet formally approved the full waiver on both education equality fee and health equality fee. This decision was taken according to sub-section 1 of section 18 of the Economic Act 2083.
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