KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called a cabinet meeting to dwell on the new budget.

The meeting will take place at Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar at 11 am, according to a minister.

It is learnt that the cabinet meeting will recommend President Bidya Bhandari to issue an ordinance in order to bring the new budget.

The government is unveiling a new budget for the fiscal year 2021/22 at 4 pm today. Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel will present the new budget from the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar.

Many people are cautiously eying the budget whether it will prioritize the health sector or not, since it is being brought amid the COVID-9.

Earlier, nine former vice-chairmen of National Planning Commission (NPC) have suggested not to bring budget from the ordinance.

Making their view public on the upcoming budget through a joint statement Thursday, nine NPC former vice-chairmen said the government should refrain from presenting budget through ordinance stating that the country has plunged into another constitutional crisis and confusion after the government dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR) for the second time.

The nine former NPC vice-chairmen presenting their unified view are Prithviraj Legal, Dr. Jagadish Chandra Pokhrel, Dr. Shankar Sharma, Dr. Pitamber Sharma, Dr. Dinesh Chandra Devkota, Dipendra Bahadur Kshetri, Dr. Govindaraj Pokhrel, Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha and Dr. Swanarim Wagle.