Ex-finance ministers for revising priorities of Appropriation Bill

Kathmandu:  Vice Chairman of CPN (UML), Bishnu Prasad Paudel has urged the government that it rewrote the principles and priorities of Appropriation Bill.

He reasoned that present principles and priorities of the bill cannot direct nation’s economy to socialism and prosperity. Paudel who is also the former finance minister said that  participating in the parliament deliberation on the appropriation bill’s principles and priorities set for the coming fiscal year and the national economy must be lifted from slump and  CPN (Maoist Centre) leader and former Finance Minister Janardan Sharma demanded revision on the bill so that the budget would be oriented to prepare base for socialism.

Likewise, RSP Vice Chair Swarnim Wagle viewed clear priorities of development should be reflected in the forthcoming budget and blamed that the priorities of appropriation bill were scattered, so they must be concentrated on how SDGs could be achieved . According to him essential is the courage and commitment for industrialization and green economy.

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