The Coalition's Resolution: From Job Creation to Ending Corruption

When the opposition Nepali Congress is heating up the Parliament for not having an effective investigation into corruption including gold smuggling, purchase of Terramax equipment, making a minister accused of misappropriation of cooperative funds, the commitment to control corruption and ensure morality has come as the minimum policy priority of the coalition.

"Empowering regulatory agencies such as the Abuse of Power Investigation Commission with laws, manpower, resources and tools to control corruption and guarantee morals," the coalition's minimum policy priority and common resolution states, Corruption in the past and to take legal action against any corrupt person, to establish the belief in Nepali society that the corrupt person will be brought to justice one day.'

In the common resolution, it is said to ensure accountability in public administration, courts and related regulatory bodies by presenting an example of 'dishonest people being punished legally' in order to change the prevalent feeling of 'all corrupt, all worthless' in public positions. The coalition also has a policy of instilling trust in the state by developing a sustainable system that reinforces the belief that 'everyone in line gets their turn'. "Amend the existing guidelines on performance contracts and enter into performance contracts with key employees based on objective evaluation and measurable indicators," the resolution said. The government is also committed to protect the achievements of far-reaching importance brought by all struggles and movements by changing the frustration, anger and negative thinking in the society, especially in the youth.

Tribhuvan University Economics Central Department Head Shivraj Adhikari said that the government is sensitive in solving the current problems of the economy in a common resolution. "Now that the external and financial sectors are strong and the state has enough resources, it seems that the current problems of the economy will be solved easily if the government shows will," said the official.

Bringing national identity card into circulation, strengthening the citizen app to eliminate the hassle of submitting documents including citizenship to different offices and providing all kinds of services through it, implementing the 'time card' system to provide government services at specified times, etc. are also included in the resolution. . "Legal and institutional reforms necessary to ensure the highest efficiency and ethics in the public procurement process," the resolution states, "Reform necessary to make the Public Procurement Monitoring Office and the National Vigilance Center result-oriented and effective."

The coalition government plans to speed up economic activities through policy reforms to end the stagnation seen in the economy for a long time, from production to consumption and from investment to business process. "Solving problems such as slow credit flow and low capital public expenditure, coordinating fiscal and monetary policy, amending various laws that hinder immediate and medium-term investment and employment-friendly policy reforms," ​​the resolution says, "revenue and To reduce the growing gap between expenses, improve revenue, reduce government spending, and identify and mobilize new sources of foreign aid.''

The government is committed to implementing a transitional strategy after upgrading from the status of a least developed nation, focusing on concessional green finance, access to international markets and technology transfer. With an objective review of the implementation of the Fifteenth Plan, when starting the Sixteenth National Plan, defining digitization, tourism, agriculture, energy and green industrialization as the new basis of employment-oriented economic growth and structural transformation, achieving the sustainable development goal by 2030 and building a 'respectable middle-income economy' ,' the resolution said.

Economist Dilliraj Khanal said that through common resolution, the government has tried to openly identify the problems in terms of policy and structure, and some proposals have also been exposed. "Our main weakness is exposing the problem but not implementing it effectively, so we have to see how the issues addressed through the resolution are implemented," he says, "Now I am in a state of waiting and watching." He says that the main issue is whether the work can be done to achieve the goal.

The government is also determined to solve the problems related to cooperatives, microfinance institutions and unfair transactions by gradually implementing the recommendations of the commissions formed at different times to make the financial sector free of anomalies. "Forming a Cooperative Debt Recovery Tribunal and starting a Cooperative Savings and Credit Protection Fund, making legal arrangements to keep cooperatives that do large transactions under the regulation and supervision of the National Bank for some time," the resolution says, "The Nepalese government will be responsible for the mortgage of the assets in the name of the savings and loan cooperatives." Providing short-term refinancing from the bank.'

There is also a policy to make the government at all levels effective by creating the remaining laws related to the implementation of federalism, including inclusiveness, secularism, and public structural reform. In order to ensure fair justice, the government has said that it will form a high-level commission to make suggestions and recommendations for the structural reforms of the judiciary and form a working group consisting of experts to improve the policies, structures and systems to make the civil administration, security agencies, and public institutions capable and accountable to the people.

The government is committed to promote Make in Nepal and Made in Nepal campaigns by establishing job banks, startup funds and business readiness centers to increase job entrepreneurship and domestic production. To increase the state's investment in the area of ​​job creation, to encourage the part-time involvement of the youth in the 'gig' economy,' the government said, 'to raise the broken morale of entrepreneurs by creating a professional environment in all sectors including industry-trade and service, in partnership with private sector associations, every Conducting 'market-friendly, youth-centric' skill programs in the municipalities.'

A system of arranging land through 'land bank' measures at the municipal level, arranging capital through local banks/financial institutions, managing irrigation, fertilizers, tools-equipment, etc., insuring agricultural produce, setting support prices and advance purchase agreements with commercial producers. This government has also continued its commitment to development.

The coalition government is also committed to ensure the right of the people to get education by implementing the spirit and spirit of the laws and regulations related to free and compulsory education, to immediately solve the existing problems in universities and end the situation of having to go abroad for higher education, and to maintain a balance between education and employment. "Minimizing the gap in the educational quality and production of the government and private sectors, modernizing education using digital means (e-learning), it is said in the resolution, 'creating an environment where the manpower who has acquired skills outside Nepal can contribute to the education sector of Nepal.'  ;

The government's policy is to speed up the implementation of under-construction infrastructure projects, make arrangements for immediate payment of completed projects, and cancel the licenses of construction companies that do not complete their work on time and collect compensation. "Make the results of the half-year evaluation as the basis of the performance contract with the project heads, ensure resources for the construction of incomplete projects, and start new projects only by making preliminary preparations such as 'site clearance' with environmental impact assessment."

These are the alliance plans

• Breaking despair, preserving trust
• Solving problems such as slow credit disbursement and low capital public expenditure
• Amending laws that hinder investment and job-friendly policy reforms
• Putting remittances into productive sectors and making the stock market viable
• Building a 'respectable middle-income economy' by 2030
• Solving problems related to cooperatives, microfinance institutions and unfair transactions
• Establishing a high-level commission to suggest structural reforms in the judiciary To make the task force capable and accountable to the people
• Arranging land through measures like 'Bhoomi Bank' at the municipal level
• Developing a system with agricultural insurance, setting support prices and advance purchase agreements with producers
• Bringing potential sick industries back into operation according to the concept of public private partnership story- break Ending the need to go abroad for higher education, maintaining a balance between education and employment.
• Mandatory provision of a 'social security number before work' to every person of working age.
• Increasing use of digital technology in public services and manufacturing sectors