Bagmati, Oct 28: The Bagmati province government has started preparations to reduce the number of its ministries. The provincial government, which has decided to cut costs and adopt financial austerity, has now begun preparations to reduce the number of provincial ministries from 14 to seven. It may be recalled here that the main opposition party, CPN (Maoist Centre), had recently submitted a memorandum to the provincial government demanding a reduction in the number of ministries. After the submission of the memorandum from the main opposition party, a joint meeting of the parliamentary parties of the ruling Nepali Congress and the...