Nepali Congress lawmaker Ananda Prasad Dhungana has said the government's policies and programs have been brought in the interest of the country and for forward-looking solution.
Taking part in a discussion on the government's policies and programs for the fiscal year 2082/83 BS, he said the document has been brought by incorporating all sectors.
"Policies and programs are the lens through which to evaluate the government. In the earlier policies and programs, the plans were scattered. All three levels of the government included the same program and there was duplicity. The government has said that through this policies and programs, there will be no duplicity and it will be organized,” he added.
Dhungana said that any big talk of development would be meaningless until and unless the government made provisions for irrigation, marketization and sound management while emphasizing on agriculture. He suggested that irrigation projects should be managed well.
'Policies and programs have not included plans for prosperity'
Lawmaker Bamdev Gautam said that there are shortcomings in the Government's Policies and Programs for the Fiscal Year 2025/26.
Taking part in the discussions on the proposal presented in the meeting of the National Assembly today by Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal, on behalf of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, seeking to initiate discussion on the government's policies and programs, Gautam commented that the policies and programs documents contained too much policy aspects and only a few aligning programs.
"The policies and programs failed to come up with a plan to eradicate corruption and no words were mentioned to stop the protest movements," he said, adding that the nation cannot go for any other system than socialism guided by the constitution and the policies and programs should have been oriented to this notion.
Sharada Devi Bhatta said it was welcome to include the issue of bringing commercial risk insurance in the policy and program.
Jag Prasad Sharma stressed the need to focus on increasing exports. "Policies and programs failed to address the plans of good governance, prosperity and social justice,” he said.
Dr Beduram Bhusal has said policies and programs would not fulfill the aspirations of the people.
Bhusal alleged that the government's policies and programs document was not clear in the policy to increase employment by building a self-reliant economy at a time when youths were migrating abroad due to lack of employment in the country.
The goal of the 16th plan has not been taken into account in the policy and program, he pointed out.
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