KATHMANDU: A meeting of National Development Council (NDC) has started at Soaltee Crowne Plaza in the capital to give a final touch to the Draft Approach Paper on the 15th plan prepared by the National Planning Commission. Chaired by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the NDC meeting will take place for two days.
Deputy prime ministers, ministers, main opposition party leader, chief minsters of all seven provinces, chairmen of thematic committees of the federal parliament, representatives of private sectors and experts are participating in the meeting.
The Commission has prepared the Draft Approach Paper on the 15th Plan in line with the goal of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’ envisioned by the government.
The Draft Approach Paper will be unveiled incorporating comments and suggestions provided by the NDC meeting by the second week of April.
The country will be made prosperous by harnessing the immense potential of agriculture, energy, minerals and tourism, reads the draft paper.
In the 25-year-long-term-plan draft, the country will lay foundation for the prosperity in five years and intensify development works in the remaining 10 years, says the draft.
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