The government has recommended President Dr Ram Baran Yadav to appoint Acting Chief of Army Staff  Chattraman Singh Gurung to the post of CoAS of Nepal Army from September 11.

A meeting of the Cabinet held Wednesday reached the decision to this effect.

The current CoAS Rookmangud Katawal is on a customary month-long leave prior to retirement on September 9.

The Cabinet also decided to extend the terms of Major Generals Krishna Sumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Chet Man Singh Basnet and Brigadier General Bikash Bikram Shah.

Meanwhile, the Defence Ministry is learnt to have suspended the recommendation for promotion of Brig. Gen. Raju Pratap K.C to the post of major general.

The ministry took the decision after some disgruntled senior Army officials filed a complaint against the recommendation, according to the Kathmandu Post.  They maintain that the decision to promote K.C. bypasses senior brigadier generals who deserve the post.

Chief of the Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal had recommended K.C's appointment as head of Financial and Administrative Department. Similarly, the Cabinet has also made a number of other decisions.

According to Minister for Information and Communication and government spokesperson Shankar Pokharel, the Cabinet has decided to appoint Dr Kedar Chandra Sharma as advisor of the Ministry of Environment; Tribhuvan University Vice-chancellor Madhav Sharma as a member of the committee formed to recommend the members of the Teachers Service Commission in the vacant positions; and Dr Ram Chandra Adhikari as chairman of Singha Durbar Baidhya Khana Development Board.

Likewise, the Cabinet decided to form Foreign Employment Promotion Board.

The Cabinet also instructed concerned ministries to introduce relief programs for the people displaced by the floods and landslides in various districts in eastern Nepal.

Similarly, in order to review the governments 100 days work performance, the Cabinet also directed all the ministries to submit the reports of the work they have done till now, spokesperson Pokharel said. nepalnews.com

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