NPC Endorses Govt’s Annual Development Programme, Medium Term Expenditure Framework

KATHMANDU, MAY 28: A meeting of the National Planning Commission has approved the government’s annual development programme and three-year medium-term expenditure framework.

The full meeting, held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday, passed both documents to be tabled in parliament along with the budget.

The annual development programme is being tabled in parliament along with the budget. Prime Minister Dahal’s private secretariat said that the government will maintain financial discipline, efficiency in appropriation, and budget allocation according to the spending capacity of the government.

On the occasion, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said he had directed the creation of a people-oriented budget, and Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun has prepared the budget accordingly.

Finance Minister Pun, NPC vice-chair Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha, Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal, and other members and the member-secretary were present at the meeting.

RSS