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The Nepalese government accepted a $3.6 million grant for managing the human-tiger interface, announced by Minister Jagadish Kharel on January 16. The grant is from the Global Environment Facility via WWF.

A team will negotiate concessional loans from the World Bank for a clean air project. Approval was also given for the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project's financial modality and the formation of a commission to investigate cooperatives. Mohammad Shafillah was appointed Vice Chairman of CTEVT, and several high-level foreign visits were approved.