Govt for innovative budget and policies: PM Dahal

GORKHA, APRIL 6: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the government had focused its attention on the preparations of the new budget and policies and programmes. In his address to a press meeting organised by the district chapter of the Press Centre Nepal, Gorkha yesterday, the Prime Minister shared the government’s preparations for presenting the budget adopting a new approach. As he said, the government is switching to an advanced process to formulate the budget policies and programmes. The traditional approach will be discontinued, he said, pledging to give priority to productivity and job creation. The federal government will be responsible only for the projects above Rs 30 million. Projects below Rs 30 million will be handled by the province and local governments, PM Dahal shared.

As per the government head, the government has implemented a new approach to promote good governance, prosperity and social justice. “The issues of victims of mismanagement of micro finances have been addressed through talks,” he argued. The severe issues concerning usury have also been resolved and the government is at work to address problems relating to cooperatives.

Sharing the government’s success in reclaiming around 776,792 square feet of public land of Lalita Niwas, he said these are all the government measures for good governance. The government’s move against the fake Bhutanese refugees is another case reflecting the government’s commitment to fight corruption, he added.

As the premier argued, the government’s response to the wide-body scam indicates that corrupts will be caught at any time. PM Dahal also took time to say that the government had already instructed the bodies concerned to ensure a foundation stone laying ceremony for the Budhigandaki Hydro Power Project.