Nepal's Parliament passed the country's first Citizenship Amendment Bill, which was under discussion for more than two years as it could not forge a consensus among political parties.
The new GST rate for pre-packed, labelled food items including rice, wheat, atta, paneer, curd, jaggery, lassi, buttermilk, labelled meat (except frozen) and fish has now been fixed at 5 percent.
The Department of Consumer Affairs said in a statement on Thursday that it has set up a committee chaired by Nidhi Khare, Additional Secretary to develop a comprehensive framework on 'Right to Repair'.