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New budget will focus on infrastructure, education, employment: Dr Mahat



KATHMANDU: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that the upcoming fiscal year’s budget will focus on infrastructure development, skills-generating education and employment creation.

Finance Minister Dr. Mahat said that the budget would give more emphasis on employment generation by boosting people’s income sources.

“Development could not take a pace for long in the past due to political uncertainties. Now, the target will be to make the economy robust from the development of infrastructure and employment creation through vocational and skills generating education if the resources and means permitted,” he said.

He also expressed confidence that development would take speed as political stability was maintained in the country.

Publish Date : 11 February 2024 07:28 AM

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