The Gandaki state government has introduced a new plan to screen newborns and children for possible diseases. 5.5 million rupees has been allocated for rheumatism, heart disease detection and heart valve condition screening in children.
2.6 million rupees have been allocated to identify congenital diseases in newborns. The plan to expand the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in hospitals under the province is included in the budget. There are preparations to start screening in 2 hospitals out of 14 under the provincial government.
20 million rupees have been allocated to open a childless treatment center at Matri Shishu Miteri Provincial Hospital and to establish a disability treatment center for children with intellectual disabilities and autism at Madhyabindu Provincial Hospital. 76 lakh rupees have been allocated to establish and strengthen emergency trauma care units in Dhaulagiri, Madhyabindu, Tanahun, Syangja and Burtibang hospitals.
A trauma care unit is going to be set up for the treatment of the injured in the accidents on Madhyapahari Lokmarg, Prithvi Highway and Siddharth Highway. Programs such as providing blood and blood products free of charge in the health sector directly connected with the people, air evacuation of pregnant women, free outpatient and laboratory services for patients under 10 years and over 60 years of age have been continued.
programs of the same nature have been repeated by changing the slogan towards agriculture and tourism. In the current financial year, the government conducted the 'Corridor Targeted Goat Development Programme'. A plan has been made to conduct commercial agriculture and livestock production programs in the corridor area in the coming financial year.
By announcing a new program, the government has allocated budget for the upgradation of footpaths and infrastructure development. It has announced that it will conduct a program centered on the tourist capital of Pokhara, 'Go to Pokhara, enjoy nature and culture'. Through this program, the infrastructure of tourist destinations around Pokhara will be developed and upgraded.
The state government has included the legality of domestic alcohol, which is often debated, in the budget. The government plans to replace the import of alcohol and alcohol products through the systematic production, regulation and marketing of traditional domestic alcohol from local raw materials.
Last year, the government allocated a budget focused on rural tourism through the slogan 'Go to a homestay, enjoy local art and culture', and this year has announced a program of the same nature, 'Gandakiko Khas, Basaun Gharbas'. The government has allocated the budget to create the necessary legal arrangements for the cultivation of cannabis for the production of medicinal and industrial raw materials and the roadmap for its implementation.
There are no new plans in the Ministry of Social Development, Youth and Sports. Youth talent awards, providing concessional loans, professional development of players, player awards have been continued. In the next financial year, the government aims to complete 200 water supply schemes and connect private water pipes to 15,000 homes. The government has continued to provide 100% subsidy on electricity tariff for lifting drinking water and lifting irrigation projects operating within the province.
Now license will be printed in the state
About 100,000 pass the test to get driver's license (license) every year from the four transport offices of Gandaki province. Since all the work of license printing is done by the union government, there is a problem of not getting the license even after passing the exam. The Gandaki state government has announced the plan to print licenses in the state in the budget of the next fiscal year through the budget.
The government had announced that it would take initiatives for license printing in the budget of the current financial year. This year, a budget of 10 million rupees has been allocated to start the work of license printing. This is a plan that can confirm the eligibility of one new state included in the budget of the next financial year. 10 crore rupees will be used for the purchase of machines, license printing cards. Last February, the joint meeting of the transport ministers of the union and state governments decided to print licenses in the state.
Prem Subedi, head of the administration and transport management division of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development and Transport, said that if the software related to the license with the Union Government is obtained, the license can be printed. We need software. The meeting of ministers had decided to print licenses in the province from July 1. Therefore, there is no problem to get it," he said.
The ride-sharing regulation and management, which the government immediately retreated from, has also been included in the budget. The government has announced that ride-sharing self-drive will be made effective to ensure passenger safety, giving priority to indigenous apps.
