The Lumbini Provincial Government is set to make public the government's policy program for the coming year on Jestha 9. To prepare for it, the government has called for the second meeting of the eighth session of the Provincial Assembly for Thursday. The principles and priorities of the government's budget for the coming year will be presented in the second meeting. The first meeting of the Provincial Assembly was held on Baisakh 17.

According to sources, the government is preparing the policy program by giving priority to promoting good governance, digital technology, tourism, and employment. Similarly, efforts to improve agriculture and programs that meet the aspirations of the people have also received priority. Service delivery is also a priority for the government. The government is also going to move forward with the issue of maintaining only 8 ministries in the province from next Shrawan by taking a decision from the provincial council of ministers, including both the policy program and the budget. Similarly, the government's decision to expand the Transport Management Service Office, which is the main hub of service recipients, to all 12 districts of the province, will also be included in the policy program to be implemented from Shrawan of the coming fiscal year.

Similarly, the policy program is preparing the policy program for the coming year to complete the unfinished plans, effectively implement the projects of provincial pride, and coordinate with the federal government for large projects. The suggestions of the policy program given by the ministries are being studied and analyzed by a team including Chief Secretary of the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers Krishna Prasad Kapri, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Planning Commission Dr. Dilliraj Aryal, former Vice Chairman of the Provincial Planning Commission and development expert Nahakul KC.

The government has put forward a policy to implement all plans above 3 million only through the Project Bank in the coming year. Based on that, Chief Minister Chetnarayan Acharya has also instructed the ministers, Planning Commission and government secretaries to pay attention to the selection of policies and plans accordingly, as the government will bring the upcoming budget not even a single digit higher than the actual. The government is preparing the budget for the coming year by prioritizing agriculture, tourism and promotion of good governance, just like in the current fiscal year.

In the agricultural sector, a policy has been put forward to declare potatoes and garlic produced in Rukum East, which was declared an organic district last year, as fully organic. The government claims that Rukum East has passed all the indicators of organic standards for that. Similarly, a campaign to make the province free of buffaloes is going to be launched next year. For that, the postal highway is going to be developed from Bardiya to West Nawalparasi as a buffalo pocket area.

The government has also put forward a policy to organize agricultural laboratories and make seed source centers effective. The government aims to develop Arghakhanchi as a goat source center in agriculture, Gulmi for fruits grown in hilly climates, Pyuthan for vegetable seeds, and Kapilvastu for fruits grown in hot climates.

In the tourism sector, the government is going to promote the major destinations of the province. For that, the federal government is going to bring a policy program in conjunction with the Tourism Year 2027. Towards infrastructure development, the government is going to make the road identity separate to give the province its identity.

The blacktop roads built by the federal government are black, white and yellow. However, now the provincial government has started giving a separate identity to the roads built by itself by keeping only black and yellow. Similarly, the government is also going to protect the old villages and settlements in the 12 districts of the province. The government has come forward with a program to protect the settlements that have been there for hundreds of years, their historical houses, and party houses. For that, there are preparations to protect and promote settlements like Gaumukhi in Pyuthan and Ridi in Gulmi by naming them 'smart villages/settlements'.

Similarly, the government is going to come forward with a new program for teachers and students who die and are injured every year due to wild animal attacks due to the parks in Bardiya and Banke districts. For that, a program has been put forward to ensure a budget for insurance for teachers and students who die or are injured in wild animal attacks during school hours in coordination with the National Insurance Board.

The government is preparing to include programs such as making a separate land act for the province and establishing an innovation center for study and research in the policy program, said government spokesperson and Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives Dinesh Panthi. 'The government is trying to bring a policy program and budget for the coming year that will directly connect with the aspirations of the people and fulfill the dream of a prosperous province,' he said. 'From a separate land act for the province to good governance, service delivery, digital technology, employment, and many other good and people-oriented programs will be included in the policy program.' He said that the government will give priority to the balanced but unique development of all 12 districts of the province.