Karnali will be addressed fairly in the upcoming budget, the budget will be balanced: Prime Minister Shah
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Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said that the budget for the upcoming fiscal year will be balanced.
In a discussion with federal lawmakers from Karnali Province at the Prime Minister's Office in Singha Durbar on Monday, he assured that Karnali Province would be addressed fairly through the budget. 'Karnali will be addressed fairly in the upcoming budget, the budget will be balanced,' said Salyan lawmaker Ramesh Malla, who participated in the discussion, quoting Prime Minister Shah. During the discussion, Prime Minister Shah had said that the government would focus on governance reforms this year.
NCP-elected lawmaker Malla informed that the discussion with the Prime Minister focused on the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/084. The lawmakers participating in the discussion drew the Prime Minister's attention to giving first priority to Karnali in the upcoming budget, improving the province's governance, and building physical infrastructure, among other issues.
'We have discussed with the Prime Minister the relief and reconstruction after the Jajarkot earthquake, pre-monsoon preparations, various road corridors including Karnali, Bheri, Rapti and Mid-Hill, Madanbhandari, Lumbini-Rara and other highways and road infrastructure, health insurance, maternal and child nutrition, petroleum mine research in Dailekh, risk management from wildlife, as well as priorities in the communication, electricity, drinking water, irrigation, agriculture, forestry, tourism, and education sectors,' said MP Malla.
MPs from the NCP, UML, Congress and RPP representing Karnali Province in the House of Representatives participated in the discussion.
