January 19: The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee under the House of Representatives has directed the government to submit documents related to the Mobile Device Management System (MDMS) and Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring and Fraud Control System (TERAMOCS).    
A meeting of the committee held on Thursday directed the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to submit the papers related to policy decision, purchase process, payment and rationale of implementation concerning MDMS and TERAMOCS.    
The House panel also decided to ask for the ministry-level investigation report on these topics and the court decisions related to the same. The committee meeting agreed to take further decision on the matter after consultation with experts.    
The committee took such decision after holding discussions with Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma, Secretary Ram Krishna Subedi, among other officials of the ministry on Thursday.    
During the meeting, Minister Sharma shared that the ministry is studying the policy decisions made by the previous governments and the works carried out by the implementing bodies. She said the ministry will cooperate in the investigations to be carried out by the authorized agency into the topic of any irregularities in the implementation of these systems. -- RSS