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Citizenship certificates would be distributed to Non-Resident Nepalis with the publication of Nepal Citizenship (Third Amendment) Regulation, 2080, in the Nepal Gazette.

At a program organized by Forum for Women, Law and Development here today, Chief of Citizenship and Identity Card Management Section at the Home Ministry, Krishna Bahadur Katuwal, said that this provision has come into implementation after the Regulations were published in Nepal Gazette on September 21.

An arrangement has been made where non-resident Nepali citizenship certificates will be mentioned in the citizenship provided to non-resident Nepalis. He clarified that those acquiring such a type of citizenship certificate would have no political rights.

As per the Regulations, those acquiring non-resident Nepali citizenship certificates would have social, cultural and financial rights but arrangement of oath has also been made for them, mentioned Katuwal.

The Regulations have also provisioned that citizenship could be granted to the citizens above 16 years on the basis of the signature of the people's representative if the applicants' father or family refuse to sign for the citizenship certificate.

Similarly, citizenship certificates could be provided to children brought up at government certified orphanages based on the recommendation of local governments.

Likewise, the Regulations have a provision that citizenship certificates could be granted to those who have already acquired citizenship but willing to change their gender status in the citizenship certificate after making decision from Cabinet on the basis of certificate from the Health and Population of Ministry.

Nepal and China have signed a 12-point agreement and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is on a week-long official visit to China, and his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said.

According to the Secretariat, Nepali and Chinese officials signed the agreements on human resources, Hilasa Simikot road, road infrastructure with China, support for improving digital economy, agriculture, livestock and herbal medicines among other issues.

An agreement has also been reached to form a joint technical working group to study trade and payments between Nepal and China.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang held a meeting on Monday.

During the meeting, they will discuss BRI implementation agreement, Nepal-China electricity trade, construction of projects BRI, investment in Nepal, expansion of border connecting roads, technology and construction of industrial parks among others.

There will also be proposals for Hilsa, Araniko Highway, transmission lines, and the agricultural sector in China.

While addressing a program in Beijing on Sunday, Prime Minister Dahal had said that work is being done on the cross-border economic zone, road corridor, rail, transmission lines between Nepal and China.

Prime Minister Dahal said that he had a discussion with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the issue of taking economic cooperation and partnership ahead.

The Prime Minister said that he and Chinese President Xi had a serious discussion on strengthening the cross-border connectivity.

Saying that Nepal has a huge trade deficit with China, Prime Minister Dahal underscored the need to increase the production capacity and improve the physical infrastructure.

Earlier this morning, the Prime Minister held a meeting with Chinese People of Congress Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Liji.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was accorded a guard of honor in Beijing on Monday.

A squad of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army gave a guard of honor to Prime Minister Dahal this morning.

Prime Minister Dahal’s Chinese counterpart Li Qiang was also present on the occasion.

The bilateral talks between Nepal and China have started after the program.