KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Lower House of Representatives is being held under the Federal Parliament.
Lawmakers have started deliberating on the principles and priorities of the Appropriation Bill for the Fiscal Year 2079/80 BS tabled in the meeting on Tuesday.
Taking part in the today’s deliberations, CPN-UML lawmaker Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai said the principles and priorities of the Bill lacked a base for advancing towards the path of socialism and neglected the aspects relating to strengthening public health and education.
He sought the government attention towards an increment of capital expenditure by minimizing a trade deficit.
He was of the view of preventing a probable difficult situation for nation’s economy.
As he explained, the Bill did not seem to give priorities to the reduction of petroleum products’ consumption and the promotion of the use of alternative energy.
“Non-economic activities have increased, posing an additional challenge to the national economy.’’
UML, which had obstructed the meetings of the ninth and tenth sessions, has started participating in deliberations from the 11th parliament session.
Finance Minister Janardan Sharma on Tuesday appraised the lower house of the priorities and principles of the Appropriation Bill for the upcoming fiscal year.
The National Assembly is scheduled to discuss the issues in its meeting on Thursday.
Comment