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The government has decided to call the budget session on May 10.

Government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharm said that the government has decided to recommend President Ram Chandra Paudel to call the budget session on May 10.

According to her, the meeting of both the houses of the federal Parliament has been called for 2 pm on May 10.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the Vice Chancellor of the universities have been appointed based on merit.

Prime Minister Dahal said during a meeting with the recently appointed Vice Chancellors of the Purbanchal, the Mid-West and the Far Western Universities at Singh Darbar today that he has made the process of appointing vice chancellors transparent and competitive.

The newly appointed Chancellor of the Purbanchal University, Prof Dr Biju Kumar Thapaliya, the newly appointed Chancellor of the Mid-West University, Prof Dr Dhruva Kumar Gautam and the newly appointed Chancellor of the Far Western University, Prof Dr Hemraj Pant met the Prime Minister and Chancellor Dahal today after receiving their appointment letter.

On that occasion, Prime Minister Dahal directed the Vice Chancellors to operate the universities in a competitive and transparent manner.

"Sharing of posts among the parties has been ended and the competition has been started in the appointment of the vice-chancellor of the university," Prime Minister Dahal said, adding, "The appointment of the vice-chancellors here has also been done accordingly, please fulfill your responsibilities in a fair manner."

Prime Minister Dahal directed the vice chancellors to focus on producing manpower to compete in the global market by providing quality education from universities.

Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya submitted the 'Report on the By-election to the Member of House of Representatives and the Province Assembly, 2081 BS', along with the election results to President Ram Chandra Paudel on Thursday.

Chief Election Commissioner Thapaliya presented to the President the By-election, 2081 BS Report in accordance with the Clause 62 of the House of Representatives Member Election Act, 2074 BS, states a communiqué issued by spokesperson at the Office of the President, Shailaja Regmi Bhattarai.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has pledged to provision the setup of an innovation fund in the upcoming fiscal year's policy, program and budget for the expansion of the information technology sector.

In his address to a program organized on the occasion of the 7th National ICT Day here today, PM Dahal informed that groundwork was being done for the formulation of necessary laws for the establishment of the innovation fund.

"The government believes that economic and social transformation can be achieved only through the development, expansion and use of communications and information technology," he said, adding, the young scientists will be encouraged to earn income through information technology at their own capacity and access.

He made it clear that the government was seriously working to integrate and effectively implement the 'Startup Program focusing on the youth.

Prosperity could be achieved through development, good governance and employment only by accepting information technology as the 'leading factor', the Prime Minister said while appealing to all concerned for rapid development in the field of communications and information technology for economic and social transformation of the common people through it.

"The government is committed to make necessary policy and legal arrangements to ensure the development, expansion and safe use of information technology," he noted.

PM Dahal said the incidents related to cybercrime, which were on the rise lately, would be controlled through legal and policy measures.