KATHMANDU: The National Assembly members have drawn government’s attention towards making budget implementation impactful for ensuring good governance.
Taking part in the discussion on the annual estimate of revenue and expenditure in the NA meeting today, they argued that the budget for the coming fiscal year could not address the poor and backward people.
Nar Bahadur Bista mentioned that the budget was not people-centric, failing to address the poor, Dalits and low-income people. He shared that the budget was focused more on privatization.
Radhe Shyam Paswan also asserted that the budget was beyond their expectation, for it was private-sector centric.
However, supporting the budget as a realistic document, Bishnu Kumari Sapkota hoped that the government would pay attention to make the budget implementation effective and pave wary for good governance.
Stating that the government has not been able to ensure security by creating investment-friendly environment, she suggested introducing a special plan to stop the compulsion of brain drain, one of the problems plaguing Nepali society and economy.
Similarly, Indira Devi Gautam hoped the budget introduced for coming fiscal year would make the economic activities vibrant.
The NA will meet next at 1:15pm Thursday.
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