Criticism of the federal government's involvement in small and piecemeal schemes in previous years was natural. was necessary. But its repetition is a double character. In particular, the ruling coalition, the Ministry of Urban Development and especially the Minister of Finance should take responsibility for their preferences
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In the budget of the next financial year, the government has made a bold move by including 1,000 rate schemes. Dozens of plans of one lakh, two lakh, two and a half lakh, three lakh have been kept in the budget. The piecemeal plan has been protested saying that the budget has been dispersed and it has become a helper for Bethiti.
On the other hand, the government has ignored the voices raised in protest and allocated the budget for the program in pieces, while hoarding the government budget. On the other hand, the federal government itself has violated the 'National Project Bank Standard 2081', which was implemented by the National Planning Commission to allocate the budget only for projects worth more than three million rupees, saying that the budget should not be divided into pieces.
Similarly, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel said in his budget speech that the budget will not be allocated for projects costing less than three crore rupees, it has been violated. In this way, when government standards and public commitments are violated, the moral basis of the government's commitment to good governance and the rule of law has also weakened. Therefore, the federal government should refrain from getting involved in piecemeal planning.
20 programs of 1,000 have been set up to give payment to the safe citizen housing program. A budget of 1,000 has been set aside to pay 182 housing beneficiaries from 6 to 15 wards of Itahari sub-metropolitan city. Similarly, Ilam Municipality, Sarlahi's Ishwarpur and Kavilasi Municipality and Vishnu Rural Municipality, Mahottari's Bhangaha Municipality and Ekdara Rural Municipality, Jhapa's Gaurahad Municipality, Dhanusha's Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan Municipality, Bara's Jitpur-Simra Sub-Metropolitan Municipality and Feta Rural Municipality, Rupandehi's Tilottama Municipality, Rautahat's Devahigonahi Municipality, and Banke's Narainapur Rural Municipality. A budget of 1,000 has been kept.
Similarly, a budget of 1,000 has been set aside to pay the housing beneficiaries of various wards of Barbardia Municipality of Bardia, Bedkot Municipality of Kanchanpur, Rangeli Municipality of Morang, Byas Municipality of Tanahun, Hetaunda Sub-Metropolitan Municipality of Makwanpur. This time, the Ministry of Urban Development seems to have done a favor by putting the bisque of the project in pieces. The purpose of raising the budget title now and increasing the budget later by transferring money to it can be assessed. There are theoretical and practical reasons for criticizing the federal government for engaging in
projects. After the country has gone to the federal government system, the local level has been presented as the conductor of development. He is also responsible for the implementation of small plans. If the federal government implements only big plans that show a qualitative leap in development and leaves small plans to the provincial and local levels, the efficiency of all levels will increase. Simultaneously, fiscal federalism will also become stronger.
Even though federalism was implemented politically-geographically, the federal government was not generous in handing over economic and decision-making powers, so it was running on thousands and millions of piecemeal projects. In order to prevent that, the association has moved forward with the 'National Project Bank Standard 2081' so that the scheme will not be implemented below 30 million. On the other hand, the cadres of the ruling party were more useful for management than for the people to benefit from piecemeal projects. who were perpetuating unrest and economic chaos. Therefore, the argument that the federal government should separate from the piecemeal plan has become strong.
Before forming the government last June, the issue of maintaining good governance in the country was also prioritized in the seven-point agreement made by Congress and UML. Realization of good governance does not happen all at once. Small and big decisions of the government are reflected in efforts and success. It was expected that drastic decisions would be taken for sweeping reforms in the budget brought by this government for the first time. The government has failed in that.
Keeping thousands and lakhs of projects under their own authority, allocating budget for the building of the party's fraternal organizations will not only lead to better governance, but the hope of good governance among the citizens will become weak. Therefore, at this time, the Congress-UML alliance should be able to fulfill the ideal agreement made before the formation of the government, and should be able to confirm the justification of a strong government.
In reality, the current style cannot give citizens a sense of good governance. It cannot even take a leap towards development and prosperity. In order to be more than a regular government, one must be able to shut down sources of corruption, adhere to prescribed standards, and take to heart suggestions for improvement. It is no coincidence that the
project was introduced only this year. Finance Minister Varshman Pun of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government, who brought the budget for the current financial year, allocated one lakh each for 99 projects. At that time, it was decided by the Council of Ministers that plans and programs costing less than three crore rupees would be implemented by the union. However, in the budget, according to the master plan of the presidential residence, one lakh each was allocated for programs such as the construction of the first phase of the presidential residence, the construction of the vice president's office building, and the construction of an integrated government office building within the Charkhal complex.
In addition to this, there was opposition to the fact that the federal government included in the budget the small works that the local government could do. Even Vishnu Paudel, as the vice president of the ruling party UML, commented in the House of Representatives on 20th May 2081 that it is not appropriate for the union to speak about the work that can be done by the local level. But in the budget brought by him as the finance minister, the schemes of thousands and lakhs have been included.
Criticism of the federal government's involvement in small and piecemeal schemes the previous year was natural. was necessary. But its repetition is a double character. Especially the ruling coalition, the Ministry of Urban Development and mainly the Minister of Finance should take responsibility for their whims.
