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Nepalnews
2021 Apr 14, 17:39, Kathmandu
President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours Dr Sanduk Ruit with Suprasiddha Prawal Janasewa Shree Pratham amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS

President Bidya Devi Bhandari today conferred various honours, decorations and medals to personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation.

The Head-of-State conferred the orders, decorations and medals to those personalities at an investiture function held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas. These personalities could not be decorated at the earlier function on April 9.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours Nepali Army Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa with Suprasiddha Prawal Janasewa Third amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS
President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours Nepali Army Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa with Suprasiddha Prawal Janasewa Third amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS

The decorations are conferred on different personalities in accordance with Article 277 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal and on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

The list of individuals and institutions receiving the decorations, medals and honours has already been made public before this.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours Sangina Baidya with Suprawal Janasewa Third amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS
President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours Sangina Baidya with Suprawal Janasewa Third amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS

The Decorations Committee had last year recommended the names of 633 persons for decorations, including two persons for the Mahaujjwal Rashtradeep (First Class), seven persons for the Suprasiddha Janasewashree First Class, one person for the Ujjwal Kirtimaya Rashtradeep Second Class, one person for the Prasiddha Janasewashree Second Class, nine persons for the Sukritimaya Rashtradeep Third Class, 112 persons for the Suprabala Janasewashree Third, eight persons for the Kirtimaya Rashtradeep Fourth Class, 200 persons for the Prawal Janasewashree Fourth class and 110 persons for the Janasewashree First class, towards the Honours. Likewise, the Committee had recommended 155 persons for the Decorations and 28 individuals for the Medals.


President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours comedian artist Wilson Bikram Rai with Suprawal Janasewa Third amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS
President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours comedian artist Wilson Bikram Rai with Suprawal Janasewa Third amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS

The 450 individuals who were conferred with the decorations on the occasion of the Constitution Day and the National Day, 2076 BS as per the decision of the Council of Ministers on September 17, 2019, were also decorated today. They could not be decorated last year as the investiture function could not be organised due to the risk of COVID-19 pandemic.


President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours Journalist Vinaya Khakurel with Janasewa fifth amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS
President Bidya Devi Bhandari honours Journalist Vinaya Khakurel with Janasewa fifth amid a programme organised to confer honorary decoration on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation, at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Photo: RSS

Those persons remaining to be decorated today would be conferred with the decorations at the investiture ceremony to be organised on April 14.

The recommendation for the decoration was made by a meeting of the Decorations Committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokhrel. Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, the designated experts are the members and Home Secretary Maheshwor Neupane is the member-secretary of the Committee constituted as per Clause 4 of the Decorations Act, 2064 BS.

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