Kathmandu, June 15:
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MoIC)
has issued a circular to all government agencies, media houses, news agencies
and journalists’ associations to use the word ‘Nepali’ while indicating the
people or any other elements of Nepal.
Both the words ‘Nepali’ and ‘Nepalese’ were used
interchangeably until now.
According to the ministry, the government had made
the decision in order to bring uniformity in the language in all domestic
documents and international treaties.
“This decision has been implemented to create uniformity
in the language used in the Acts, rules and regulations, orders, directives and
circulars issued by the government, and treaties, agreements, memoranda of
understanding and other documents between the government and foreign entities,”
reads the circular.
The use of ‘Nepali’ was proposed by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and endorsed by the Cabinet a couple of weeks ago.
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