Monday, April 12, 2010

Dr Pokharel appointed NPC vice-chair

Dr Pokharel appointed NPC vice-chair
Nepalnews, 11-Apr-2010

The government has appointed Dr Jagdish Chandra Pokharel as the vice chairman of National Planning Commission (NPC), Sunday.

A cabinet meeting held this afternoon appointed Dr Pokharel as NPC vice chair and Dr Ganesh Gurung as NPC member.

The position had fallen vacant after erstwhile vice chairman Yuba Raj Khatiwada got appointed as the governor of Nepal Rastra Bank. Dr Pokharel was backed by Nepali Congress.

Likewise, the government has appointed Bishnu Kumar Agrawal and Nur Pratap JBR as the Nepali Consulate Generals to Czech Republic and Afghanistan, respectively.

Today's cabinet meeting has also appointed Madhav Poudel as the chairman of Employees Provident Fund.

It has nominated Trilochan Uprety for the position of executive committee member on behalf of Nepal of United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR).

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