Good governance, austerity and reducing current expenditure are being limited to slogans only: Rameshwar Prasad Khanal, former Finance Secretary
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Officials of the UML-Congress coalition government formed under the slogan of good governance and austerity have been invited to visit foreign countries. Exploiting government funds, the Prime Minister, Ministers and Secretaries are traveling abroad on a whim.
Every meeting of the Council of Ministers has approved foreign visits of ministers and secretaries in the list of decisions.
Before Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli went on a trip to Spain, the Council of Ministers meeting on June 13 approved the foreign visit of two ministers and five secretaries. Before that, the meeting on June 9 had approved the foreign visit of three ministers.
The cabinet meeting on June 2 approved the foreign visit of five ministers, including the Prime Minister's trip to Spain. In this way, the Council of Ministers has approved the foreign visit of a dozen ministers including Prime Minister Oli in the month of June alone. Likewise, foreign visits of 8 secretaries have been approved in June alone. Some have completed the tour and some are preparing to go on the tour.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has returned home after completing his visit to Spain on Friday. Oli, who went there last Saturday, returned home on Friday after completing the week-long trip. He went to Spain to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development of the United Nations.
Foreign Minister Arju Rana Deuba is on a 17-day foreign visit. His journey from June 13 to 29 was approved by the cabinet meeting on June 9. She has gone to attend the 44th Conference of the Food and Safety Organization in Rome. The conference is being held from June 14-20.
After the conference, Minister of Foreign Affairs Rana Milan of Italy and She will participate in the investment promotion program organized by the investment board in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany. She will return to the country on June 29. Labor, Employment and Social Security Minister Sharad Singh Bhandari was on a visit to Geneva in early June.
He reached Geneva to participate in the 113th International Labor Conference at the end of May and returned to Nepal on June 4. On the day of Bhandari's return, Agriculture and Livestock Development Minister Ramnath Adhikari flew to Bangkok. He went there to participate in the Hand in Hand Investment Dialogue.
At that time, Youth and Sports Minister Tejulal Chaudhary was in Dubai. After the Minister of Agriculture returned from Thailand, the Minister of Health and Population Pradeep Poudel flew there . He was on a trip to Bangkok from June 9 to 13. On the day of the Minister of Health's return, physical infrastructure and transport left for Turkey. On June 2, the Council of Ministers approved Minister Dahal's visit to Turkey from June 13 to 15.
He was scheduled to participate in the Global Transport Connectivity Forum . Energy Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Deepak Khadka went there on June 9 to participate in a program organized by the Shanghai Operation Organization in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. He has spent a week there.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel was scheduled to visit the People's Republic of China from June 10 to 12. At the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the cabinet had already given him approval. However, since the discussion on the budget was not completed, the program of his going there was postponed.
Water Minister Pradeep Yadav is on a trip to Spain from June 15 to 19. Yadav has gone here for the side event of the Finance for Development program in which the Prime Minister will participate. Likewise, the Cabinet approved the Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Navalkishore Sah to participate in the 36th Nepal Day program to be held in Bonn, Germany on June 14.
Minister of Communication and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung, Minister of Culture and Civil Aviation Badri Pandey has been approved by the Council of Ministers. Likewise, Agriculture and Livestock Development Minister Adhikari is going on a foreign trip for the second time within the month of June.
Communication Minister Gurung Asar is scheduled to participate in the World Summit One Information Society program to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 23rd to 27th. Similarly, Tourism Minister Pandey is going to Paris. He is scheduled to participate in the 47th session of World Heritage held there from June 22. Agriculture Minister Adhikari is leaving for Vietnam on June 30 . He is scheduled to participate in a program related to the exchange of knowledge on the priority of one country, one product.
Rameshwar Prasad Khanal, former finance secretary and chairman of the High Level Economic Reforms Suggestion Commission, says that the foreign visit of ministers and secretaries is the result of everyone's desire to be seen in foreign visits.
"Since high-ranking ministers and parliamentarians are in honorable positions, all of them have a strong desire to travel abroad," he said, "it is more widespread in the civil service." The result is . Even for those who spread good propaganda outside by gossiping about good governance and frugality, foreign travel becomes a priority after reaching the position. What does it benefit him? Is there a visit suitable for official dignity? When these things are not observed He said that he goes on a tour everywhere.
'How urgent is it to go . How is the country's treasure? No one is paying attention to these matters, whether it is dignified or not,' He said, "Good governance, frugality and reduction of current expenses are being limited to slogans only."
