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May 19, 2024 ,
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Resolution of the police adjustment dispute in the final stage

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Kathmandu: The resolution of the police adjustment dispute has reached its final stage. The issue of police adjustment has been advanced so that the command of the state police will be done by the DIG.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared to start the police adjustment work within a month. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha held a discussion between the provincial home ministers and representatives of the police organization to resolve the police adjustment dispute.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, has said that along with the process of creating the Federal Police Act, the adjustment work has also started. He said that the Police Adjustment Act has already come and the Federal Police Act has also been drafted. According to him, the Ministry of Home Affairs is going to move forward with the Federal Police Act and the adjustment work. The Ministry of Home Affairs is preparing to amend the controversial law and start the adjustment process simultaneously.

Nepal Police and Provincial Police Operations Supervision, Coordination Act-2076 and Police Personnel Adjustment Act-076 have been prepared. The demand of the provincial government is that the police should be adjusted according to this law. Even after 4 years of enactment of the Act, the provincial government, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs have been dissatisfied saying that the police have not been adjusted.

The province demands that the police should be adjusted and that the police should be under the provincial government. In the discussion held at the Ministry of Home Affairs , the Ministers of Internal Affairs and Law of the Province suggested that the Chief District Officer should also be included in the structure of the Province. Four different issues were discussed in the meeting of the Home Affairs Committee chaired by Home Minister Shrestha.

Home spokesperson Bhattarai says, “Police posts in central and state government is a matter that was decided 4 years ago. Out of 79 thousand 541 posts of Nepal Police, 54 thousand 720 will be adjusted under the provincial police. 24 thousand 821 people will stay in the center. Based on the old decision made by the government, one DIG and three SSPs will be posted in each province. The command of the state police will be handled by the DIG.

According to Nepal Police spokesperson Bhim Prasad Dhakal, there will be two posts of SSP in the provincial police office and one in the provincial training center. There will be 7 DIGs, 21 SSPs, 69 SPs and 181 DSPs under the province. Similarly, the posts of 732 inspectors will be under the provincial government. There will be 3926 technical police in the state government.

Help desk at the southern border of Nepal-India border

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Nepal-India security officials have agreed to operate a passenger assistance service (help desk) to prevent looting and ill-treatment of common people in the southern border area. Nepalese Armed Police Force (APF) and the Indian Armed Forces (SSB) will operate a help desk at the international entry/departure point with a single representative and a joint representative as per the requirement in the border.

Earlier in the meeting held between Inspector General of Armed Police Force Raju Aryal and Chief of Indian Armed Forces Sujoy Lal Thausen and representatives of Home and Foreign Ministries of both countries have agreed to operate the help desk at the international border crossing and required arrangements will be made for the safety and security.

In view of Dasain, Tihar and the upcoming elections, the border security agencies of both countries will operate a help desk to make the border security orderly and secure. In the meeting held between the officials of both the countries,issues of traffic management through international border crossings, prevention of cross-border crime, control of terrorism, joint security patrol in Dasgaja, and control of illegal infiltration by citizens of third countries were discussed.

Charging stations for EVs to be established in collaboration with APF

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A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Armed Police Force and the Nepal Electricity Authority regarding the construction and operation of an electric vehicle charging station.

The MoU was signed by Inspector General Raju Aryal on behalf of the Armed Police Force and Executive Director Kulman Ghising on behalf of the Authority in a program held at the Armed Police Headquarters Halchok on Friday.

According to the MoU, charging stations will be established at 17 locations including 2 petrol pumps currently operated by the Armed Police Welfare Center and 15 suitable locations of Armed Police offices. The charging station will be operated under the welfare fund in the long run.

According to the MoU, the authority will purchase all the equipment and build the infrastructure of the charging station at its own expense. Repair and regular servicing of the equipment will also be done by the authority itself. The Armed Police will provide a suitable location for the construction of the infrastructure and after construction, will operate and protect the charging station. It has been arranged that charging stations cannot be allowed to be operated by third parties/organizations.

While operating the charging station, the authority should make arrangements to allow the general public to use it easily at the rate determined by the authority. The authority will collect the fee paid by the consumer while charging the vehicle. According to the provisions of the Electricity Distribution Regulations, the Welfare Center of the Armed Police will receive 50 percent of the total profit from the electricity tariff rate as operating and management expenses of the charging station.

The authority is constructing the stations that can charge quickly at 51 locations across the country to encourage the use of electric vehicles. Every charging station being constructed by the authority will be equipped with a 142 kW charger, a 50 kVA transformer for power supply, and an online billing system.

Fast charging 60 kilowatt DC and 22 kilowatt AC chargers will be placed at the charging station. With this, three vehicles including a big bus can be charged simultaneously.

The software of the charging station will be kept in the authority’s data center which can serve more than 300 chargers. All 50 stations will be controlled from Kathmandu. After charging the vehicle, the customer can pay the bill through the QR code and mobile app.

Earlier,A memorandum of understanding has already been signed between the Authority and the Nepal Police to establish charging stations at 25 different places.

Recommendation for promotion of 32 SPs of Nepal Police to SSP

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The Home Ministry has recommended 32 Superintendents of Police (SPs) for promotion to Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP).

Pursuant to sub-rule 4 of rule 27 of the Police Rules 2071, the promotion committee meeting held today has recommended to promote 32 Superintendents of Police to the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police from the same group.

Lama from Nepal Police and Poudel from Armed Police Force promoted to AIG

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The government has promoted one Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Police and one Deputy Inspector General of Armed Police to the post of Additional Inspector General (AIG). The cabinet meeting today promoted DIG of Nepal Police Basanta Lama and DIG of Armed Police Force Narayan Dutta Poudel to AIG.

Promoted lama will retire in a few days due to age limit. Poudel, on the other hand, has become the sole claimant to lead the Armed Police Force after the current Inspector General Raju Aryal. As there are two AIG posts in the armed forces, the government has given only one promotion to Poudel.

Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh has given the rank to Lama who was promoted to AIG of Nepal Police today.

2 million financial assistance to the family of security personnel who dies on election duty

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The government has decided to provide financial assistance of Rs 2 million to the families of security personnel those who die while on election duty.

The cabinet meeting held on Sunday morning decided to provide Rs 2 million financial assistance to the families of the security personnel, including temporary police personnel, on the proposal of the Home Ministry.

The meeting also decided that the government will bear the expenses incurred for the treatment of the security personnel injured during the election. The meeting has also decided to provide allowance to the temporary police personnel deployed in the Himalayan district as per the normal police officer.

Rank insignia given to newly appointed IGP of Nepal Police and APF

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The Ministry of Home Affairs has given rank insignia to newly appointed Inspector General of Nepal Police Dheeraj Pratap Singh and Inspector General of Armed Police Force Raju Aryal. On Monday morning at Singha Durbar, Home Secretary Teknarayan Pandey presented the rank insignia to the newly appointed IGPs Singh and Aryal.

The government has promoted Dheeraj Pratap Sing and Raju Aryal to Inspector General of Police after Shailesh Thapa Chhetri and Pushparam KC to the post of Inspector General of Police went on compulsory leave from midnight on Sunday due to 30 years of service.

Home Minister Khan gave farewell to Chhetri and KC, who have gone on compulsory leave due to their age limit of 30 years. Due to the age limit, KC retired in less than three weeks.

Dhiraj Pratap Singh appointed as the Chief of Nepal Police

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Dhiraj Pratap Singh has been appointed as the Chief of Nepal Police.

A cabinet meeting held today promoted Singh to the post of police chief.

Though Bishwaraj Pokharel was ahead in the list of priorities, the Congress led by KP Sharma Oli had put Singh in the role of IGP by giving him a single promotion. Though the Home Minister has been advising Pokhrel to be appointed on the basis of role, Dhiraj Pratap Singh has been appointed as the new Chief of Police.

Pushparam KC appointed as the Inspector General of Armed Police

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The government has appointed Pushparam KC as the Inspector General of Armed Police Force.

After Shailendra Khanal retired on Monday, the cabinet meeting appointed KC as IGP.

KC will lead the Armed Police Force till May 1. He will be on leave due to 19 to 30 years of service provision. There is a provision in the Armed Police Regulations that the tenure of DIG and AIG can be extended by one year if the government so desires.