Question from Gyan Bahadur Shahi: Should we create an environment to take capital out of Nepal or encourage Nepalis abroad to invest in Nepal? If the Finance Minister doesn't even have the knowledge to know what we need, how can we call him an expert?
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RPP parliamentary party leader Gyan Bahadur Shahi has accused the government of bringing a budget that caters to big businessmen rather than serving the poor.
Participating in the discussion on the budget presented by Finance Minister Swarniya Wagle in the House of Representatives on Thursday, leader Shahi expressed dissatisfaction with Finance Minister Wagle, saying that the budget was brought in a way that would take Nepal's capital out of the country and that the person bringing such a budget could not be called an expert.
Shahi expressed his anger saying that the government has a policy of imposing taxes on the treatment expenses of patients. Leader Shahi said that the government's policy of imposing taxes on citizens who are fighting diseases is cruel.
This is what Shahi said
This budget has now paved the way for imposing taxes on patients as well. Taxing treatment expenses does not mean taxing private hospitals. Ultimately, the patients who go for treatment have to pay that tax. The government that collects taxes even from citizens who are fighting diseases. How cruel can this be, Mr. Speaker.
Similarly, instead of encouraging medicines produced in Nepal, arrangements have been made to facilitate imported medicines. This will have a direct impact on Nepal's pharmaceutical industry. Today, industries that employ 20 to 25 thousand youth have been put in crisis. More than 50 large pharmaceutical industries are at risk of closure.
A policy that weakens domestic industries instead of protecting them cannot be in the national interest. The Finance Minister has talked about creating an environment for investing abroad. But the question arises - should he create an environment to take capital out of Nepal or encourage Nepalis abroad to invest in Nepal? If the Finance Minister does not even know what we need, how can we call him an expert?
