Government grants Rs 3 million for FNJ general convention

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">The government has decided to grant Rs 3 million to the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)-for holding its upcoming general convention.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p>The decision was made at a meeting of the Council of Ministers held at Prime Minister's residence at Baluwatar last evening. The meeting also decided to mark May 2 as the Information and Communication Technology Day.&nbsp;</p><p>Minister for Information and Communications Surendra Kumar Karki said the Cabinet has decided to depute employees to the local levels where the elections took place in the first phase.&nbsp;</p><p>Karki shared that the government has decided to keep different poverty and employment programmes under the ambit of Ministry of Poverty Alleviation.</p>