The government has nominated Harishankar Niraula of Solukhumbu and Mrs. Chanda Rana of Kathmandu to the vacant posts of the members of the Social Welfare Council (SWC), the Council said.

An environmental activist, Mrs. Rana is affiliated to Save the Environment Foundation (SEF). Niraula is a social worker.

SWC was recently in the news for issuing a controversial code of conduct for the NGOs. NGO Federation of Nepal has said it will defy the code and has alleged it of trying to control independence of the non-governmental organisations.

SWC officials, however, claimed that the code of conduct was meant to make the NGO sector more dignified.