Nepali Congress Establishes Seven Thematic Subcommittees for Policy and Research

Kathmandu. The Nepali Congress Central Policy, Research and Training Institute has formed seven thematic subcommittees to make the party's policy formulation and research work effective.

The subcommittees focused on important areas such as economy, climate change, youth issues, child rights, and labor problems were decided in the institute's meeting held on Thursday night. Party President Gagan Thapa was also present in the meeting chaired by the head of the institute and party Vice-President Bishwa Prakash Sharma. 

The meeting has appointed experts and influential leaders from various fields as coordinators of the subcommittees. The responsibility of the party's policy, vision, and planning subcommittee has been given to former Vice-Chairman of the National Planning Commission Prof. Dr. Govinda Raj Pokharel. This subcommittee will study the private sector, stock market, insurance, cooperatives, and the overall financial sector.

Film director Min Bahadur Bham has been selected as the coordinator of the 'New Youth Sentiment, Issues and Intergenerational Dialogue and Coordination Subcommittee'. Bham will lead the dialogue and coordination from Gen Z to the enlightened level of civil society.

Roshan Giri has been appointed as the coordinator of the Climate Change Awareness Subcommittee, Mahendra Yadav as the coordinator of the Informal Sector Labor Subcommittee, and Umang Lohani as the coordinator of the Child Rights Subcommittee, and Gopal Prasad Pokharel as the coordinator of the Public Service Delivery Committee. 

Anju Jha has been appointed as the coordinator of the Non-Governmental Organization Policy Dialogue and Coordination Subcommittee.  In the meeting, the Deputy Head of the Institute, Madhu Acharya, presented a proposal regarding the internal code of conduct. 

In this meeting where the previously selected 6 coordinators presented their concepts, the newly appointed coordinators have been instructed to present their preliminary concepts and work plans in the upcoming fourth meeting.