Nepalese government announces reform plan www.chinaview.cn 2005-02-05 13:22:15 KATHMANDU, Feb. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- The first meeting of the newly formed Council of Ministers, chaired by Nepal's King Gyanendra, has decided to develop a 21-point program, which will focus on anti-corruption, good governance, economic growth and poverty alleviation. The cabinet meeting decided to form a Royal Commission within 15 days to probe and take strong action against those who amassed huge property by evading tax and smuggling, state-run Radio Nepal on Saturday quoted a statement of the cabinet office as saying. The government will empower the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, an anti-graft body, both technically and infrastructure-wise, to facilitate its actions against corruption rampant in the country. The government will set up a land bank and distribute land to squatters, landless peasants and freed bond laborers. With a view to alleviating poverty, the government will initiate a long-term program to modernize farming, implement smalland big irrigation schemes and run horticulture, cash crops and livestock on the basis of geographical possibilities. The disabled, underprivileged and lowest cast students will be provided with free education up to secondary level along with free textbooks and scholarships. As the tourism industry has huge prospects in Nepal, the government has formulated a master plan to provide necessary cooperation and facilities to hotels, resorts, tourism destinations and tourist industries. Addressing the unemployment issue, the government decided to generate employment opportunities in the country, besides seeking opportunities abroad. Nepal's King Gyanendra formed the 10-member Council of Ministers, or cabinet, under his chairmanship on Wednesday. Enditem