Kathmandu: The government has decided to endorse the ‘National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, 2082 BS. The Policy presented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology before the government was approved by the August 11 Cabinet meeting.
Minister for Communications and Information and government Spokesperson Prithvi Subba Gurung shared this unveiling the decisions of the Council of Ministers today. The meeting also decided to appoint Sandip Rai of Panchthar district as the new General Manager of the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS).
The post had remained vacant for over a month after the then GM retired completing a four-year term at the office. Similarly, as per the Cabinet decision, now motor vehicles are liable for charges while using the Nagdhunga expressway.
As decided, the charge is Rs 65 for a car and van while coming to Kathmandu and Rs 60 while going outside, it is Rs 125 and Rs 80, respectively, for minibus and truck, Rs 260 and Rs 200 for bus and truck, respectively, and Rs 600 and Rs 250 respectively for heavy vehicles.
Similarly, the meeting granted permission to Madhesh Province Chief Minister Satish Kumar Singh for Switzerland visit from August 31 to September 6 to participate in a “Study Tour on Inter-Governmental Cooperation and Competition in the Swiss Federal System”.
The other decisions include the approval for the participation of Deputy Auditor General Bindu Bista to attend Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) event scheduled to take place in the Philippines from September 22–26 this year and receive a grant assistance of 90 million US dollars (approximately Rs 12.5 billion) from the South Korean government for the infrastructure development project of Gandaki Technical School.
As per the Cabinet approval, the minimum support price of the Mota (coarse) unhusked rice in the current fiscal year has been set at Rs 3,463.81 per quintal and Rs 3,628.33 per quintal for medium rice.
The meeting granted the permission to the Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation to participate in the “Global Infrastructure Cooperation Conference 2025” to be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from September 16–18 this year and the participation of the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport in the Asia- Pacific Regional Road Safety Conference set to take place on September 9-11 in Manila of the Philippines.
As per the meeting decision, the Minster for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation will be representing the country in the Forty-Second ICAO Assembly to be held from September 23 to October 3 in Montreal of Canada. The meeting also endorsed the proposal to add 725 temporary posts of officer-level for various bodies under the Minister of Labour, Transport and Social Security for the fiscal year 2082-83 BS (2025-26).