Ordinance in the Parliament to remove the difficulties encountered

KATHMANDU – The government has presented an ordinance related to economic procedures and an order to remove difficulties in the meeting of the House of Representatives .

Finance Minister Dr Prakasharan Mahat presented the ‘Financial Procedures and Financial Accountability (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080’ in the meeting. The ordinance includes provisions such as extending the time period for pre-discussion of the government’s policies and programs and budget.

Likewise, the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dhanraj Gurung has submitted an order to remove the discomfort caused by the extension of two commissions related to transitional justice according to Section 42 of the Commission of Inquiry into Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Act, 2071

Parliament session begins today

Kathmandu – The winter session of the Federal Parliament is starting today. Seven possible agendas have been set for the meeting of the House of Representatives, which is scheduled for 4 pm.

At the beginning of the meeting, Speaker Devraj Ghimire will read out the details of the letter received from the President. After that, he will read out the letter regarding assignment of duties received from the office of the President and the letter regarding assignment of duties received from the office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.

According to the Parliament Secretariat, the agenda for the Speaker to nominate the members who will preside over the meeting according to the House of Representatives Rules 2079 has been decided. Likewise, the Electronic Business Bill, 2080 and the National Dignity Bill, 2079 will be tabled in the National Assembly.

Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat will introduce the Financial Procedure and Fiscal Responsibility (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080 and Law Minister Dhanraj Gurung has issued an agenda to submit an order to remove obstacles according to section 42 of the Investigation, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, 2071 issued by the decision of the Council of Ministers.

Election of National Assembly Speaker on March 12

Kathmandu- The election of the Speaker of the National Assembly will be held on March 12. The detailed schedule of the election prepared by the National Assembly Executive Committee will be announced on March 10.

The term of office of 20 MPs including Speaker Ganesh Prasad Timilsina of the 59-member National Assembly is expiring on the 3rd of March. 19 members have been elected from the election of National Assembly members held on January 25, while the President will nominate one member on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

In terms of numbers, the coalition government currently has a clear majority in the National Assembly . As per the coalition leaders, Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula might be the candidate for the Speaker of the National Assembly on behalf of the coalition.

Report on National Assembly Elections to the President

Kathmandu- The Election Commission has submitted the report with the results of the National Assembly elections to the President Ramchandra Paudel.

Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission Dinesh Kumar Thapalia presented the report to President Paudel at a program held on Sunday at Rashtrapati Bhawan Sheetal Niwas.

According to Section 60 of the National Assembly Member Election Act, 2075, the report with the election results of the National Assembly Member Election, 2080 has been submitted to the President’s Office.

Elections were held in all the seven provinces for 19 seats.
The remaining 1 seat will be nominated by the President on the recommendation of the government.

Parliament session called by President Paudel

Kathmandu – President Ramchandra Paudel has called a session of both houses of the Federal Parliament. On the Recommendation of the Council of Ministers President Paudel has called a meeting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.

Spokesperson of the President’s Office, Shailaja Regmi Bhattarai, informed that President Paudel has called a meeting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly to be held at 4 pm on 5th February.

Clause (1) of Article 93 of the Constitution provides that the President shall convene a session of the Parliament on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

Officials of the Federal Parliament demanding to increase the budget of the Parliament

KATHMANDU – With the conclusion that the budget of the federal parliament is insufficient, the officials of the federal parliament will demand to increase the budget of the parliament.

Speaker’s press adviser Shekhar Adhikari has said that preparations are being made to meet the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat demanding to increase the budget of the Parliament.

According to Dashrath Dhamala, the Information Officer of the Parliament Secretariat, the government has only given Rs 1.22 Billion for the budget request of Rs 1.82 billion in the last financial year, and the parliament secretariat has estimated that one billion 87 million budget will be required for the next financial year.

In the meeting held at the Speaker’s office in Singhdurbar on Tuesday, it was agreed to jointly request the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister to increase the budget of the Parliament.

National Assembly meeting postponed indefinitely

April 18, Kathmandu – The meeting of the National Assembly scheduled to be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2:31 PM has been postponed indefinitely.

The General Secretary of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Bharatraj Gautam, has published a notice saying that the meeting has been adjourned until further notice.

Earlier, the meeting called for 30 Chaitra 2079 BS.was also postponed on the instructions of the President of the National Assembly, Timilsina.

Citizenship Bill passed by the National Assembly without amendments

The National Assembly has passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.

The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration was passed by the House of Representatives with no changes to its previous content and presented to the National Assembly.

The previous meeting of the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to refer the Bill to the Legislative Committee for a discussion and the Legislative Committee meeting also passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.

Earlier, the Legislative Committee presented the bill with the report to the National Assembly.

Citizenship Bill passed by the Legislature Committee without any amendments

The Citizenship Bill has been passed by the Legislation Committee of the National Assembly without any amendments.

The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration was passed by the House of Representatives with no changes to its previous content and presented to the National Assembly. The previous meeting of the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to refer the Bill to the Legislative Committee for a discussion. The Legislative Committee meeting today passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.

Despite the written disagreement of the UML, the majority of the ruling coalition party has passed the bill. It is said that the Legislative Committee will present the bill with a report at the National Assembly meeting on Thursday.

Ramesh Jung Rayamazhi nominated as the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party in National Assembly

Rameshjung Rayamazhi has been nominated as the leader of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party in the National Assembly.

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba have nominated Rayamazhi as the leader of the Parliamentary Party.

After the tenure of Radheshyam Adhikari ended in February 2078, the post was vacant.

Citizenship Bill In the Legislative Management Committee

The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration, has been sent by the National Assembly to the Legislation Management Committee for discussion.

In the meeting of the National Assembly held today, the proposal of Home Minister Balkrishna Khand was unanimously approved to send the citizenship bill to the Legislation Management Committee.

The Citizenship Bill will now be discussed in the Legislation Management Committee of the National Assembly and submitted to the Assembly again along with the report of the committee.

The next meeting of the National Assembly will be held on Bhadra 16 2079 BS.

Citizenship Bill again in National Assembly

The letter received from the President’s Office regarding the Citizenship Bill returned for reconsideration by honourable President Bidya Devi Bhandari will be presented in today’s meeting of the National Assembly.

Today’s meeting at 1:01 p.m. has an agenda for the National Assembly Secretary Rajendra Phuyal to inform about the returned bill with a message from the President. Similarly, it is mentioned in today’s agenda that Phuyal will also inform about the message received from the House of Representatives regarding the Citizenship Bill. After that, the discussion on the Citizenship Bill will proceed in the National Assembly.

The Citizenship Bill, which was sent back for reconsideration by President Bidya Devi Bhandari with a 15-point message, was passed by the House of Representatives on the 2nd of Bhadra and sent to the National Assembly.

If the Bill is again passed by the Parliament and sent to the President for approval, this time the constitutional right to withdraw the Bill is not given to the President.

Citizenship Bill passed by the National Assembly

The Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 has also been passed by the National Assembly.

The Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 was passed by the majority of the parliamentarians present in the National Assembly after the discussion held on Thursday. The Speaker of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina announced that the bill was passed by the majority.

The Citizenship Bill passed by the National Assembly will now be sent by the National Assembly to the House of Representatives and the House of Representatives will send it to the President. It will come into effect after the President authenticates it and publishes it in the Gazette.

Citizenship Bill unanimously approved by the National Assembly

Today’s meeting of the National Assembly has unanimously approved the proposal to consider the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 received with a message from the House of Representatives.

After the proposal is approved unanimously, according to rule 106 of the National Assembly Rules 2075, the parliamentarians can register the amendment proposal in the bill branch under the National Assembly.

The next meeting of the National Assembly is scheduled to be held on Thursday 28th July at 11 am.

Citizenship Bill in the National Assembly


Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill 2079 has been tabled in today’s meeting of the National Assembly.

The Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079, received with a message from the House of Representatives, was presented by Rajendra Phuyal, Secretary of the National Assembly, in today’s meeting.

Similarly, the message from the House of Representatives regarding the Nepal Engineering Council (First Amendment) Bill 2076 and Senior Citizens (First Amendment) Bill 2075 was also presented in today’s meeting.

Bamdev Gautam’s demand to elect the Vice President of the National Assembly within a week

Member of the National Assembly and former Deputy Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam has requested the Speaker of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina to hold the election of the Vice President of the National Assembly within a week.

MP Gautam once again drew the attention of Speaker Timilsina to immediately decide the Chairman of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee, Legislation Management Committee and Delegated Management and Government Assurance Committee under the National Assembly.

Mentioning that 3 of the 4 committees of the National Assembly are leaderless, he also warned that if Chairman Timilsina does not pay attention to their immediate arrangements, they will be forced to go on strike.

MP Gautam, as a senior member, presented the annual report of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee in the assembly.

Resolution registered in National Assembly demanding removal of time limit in rape case

A resolution has been filed in the National Assembly demanding complete removal of the time limit for filing a complaint for punishment for child sexual abuse. Nepali Congress MP Kamala Pant filed the resolution in the Parliament Secretariat on Friday with the support of all parties and independent MPs.

The proposal also calls for revision and reconsideration of the provision of time limit for filing a complaint in rape cases against other than children.

The resolution proposes to review the law as the incidence of sexual violence against children is on the rise in the society, due to fear, greed or various physical and mental conditions.