Kathmandu, May 28
A full National Planning Commission meeting has approved the government’s annual development programme and three-year medium-term expenditure framework. The full meeting passed both documents to be tabled in the parliament along with the budget in the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers under Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
The annual development programme is tabled in the parliament along with the budget. Financial discipline would be maintained, appropriation efficiency would be fully followed, and budget allocation would be made according to the spending capacity of organisations in the budget, according to PM Dahal’s Private Secretariat.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Dahal said he had directed to make a people-oriented budget and Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun has prepared the budget per it. Finance Minister Pun, NPC vice-chair Dr Min Bahadur Shrestha, Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal and members and member-secretary were present in the meeting.
