RUPANDEHI, May 3: The State-5 government has concentrated its efforts for formulating a periodic plan and discussing budget policies and priorities ahead of the budget presentation.
State Assembly members now have engaged in budgetary discussions after the State Planning Commission prepared a framework for main projects and programme. The government is holding discussions on the periodic plan, annual programme and budget before the introduction of the budget for the fiscal year 2019-20.
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State ministers, State Assembly members and economic experts are participating the interaction on period plan, budget and annual programme underway in Butwal. On the occasion, State-5 Chief Minister Shanker Pokharel stressed the need to design plans and programmes to accelerate the economic development of the State.
Budget priorities and areas would be discussed in the two-day discussion. The interaction was organized to receive inputs and recommendations from stakeholders in the cross-cutting areas of economic, social, infrastructure development, good governance and security.
Presenting a working paper on the occasion State-5 Planning Commission's Vice-chair Dr Prakash Kumar Shrestha said the plans aligning with the periodic planning of the State have been given priority in the budget. RSS
