Nepal Government Bans Hotel Meetings and Training to Cut Expenses

Kathmandu. The government has strictly implemented its policy of cutting expenses, prohibiting government programs from being held in hotels and resorts.

The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation issued a notice on Monday, directing all its subordinate bodies not to hold meetings, seminars, and training programs in expensive hotels.

The Ministry's Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Division issued a circular to its subordinate offices stating that this decision has been made to make government spending economical and result-oriented.

The circular states, 'When conducting approved annual programs and other programs, this ministry and its subordinate departments, commissions, authorities, training centers, and offices are requested to use their own office premises or meeting halls/training rooms within government structures for meetings, seminars, training, and similar programs, instead of holding them in hotels and resorts.'

With this directive from the ministry, the Land Problems Resolution Commission, the National Cooperative Regulatory Authority, the Department of Land Management and Records, the Survey Department, and the Department of Cooperatives will no longer be able to hold programs in hotels.

Bodies such as the Land Management Training Center, the Office of the Problematic Cooperatives Management Committee, the Adjudication Tribunal for Loan Recovery, and the Cooperative Training and Research Center will also have to conduct all their formal programs in government buildings or office halls.

The letter, signed by Survey Officer Eng. Anip Chhetri, has been sent to all concerned bodies. This step by the government is expected to save unnecessary expenses incurred in hotels and resorts and reduce the depletion of government coffers.