Bagmati, May 28: The Bagmati Province government is going to give priority to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of physical infrastructure in the upcoming fiscal year 2082/83.
Presenting the policy and program of the province government for the upcoming fiscal year in the meeting of the Province Assembly today, Province Chief Deepak Prasad Devkota announced that the reconstruction and rehabilitation of physical infrastructure will be given priority in coordination with the different levels of government.
The government’s policies and programs include completing the province’s pride projects, multi-year projects and sequential projects within the specified time, making the project selection system systematic and transparent, managing the province project bank to maintain good governance in the budget preparation and implementation process.
Ensuring the partnership between the public, private and cooperative sectors and recognizing the leading role of the private sector in creating production and employment, transferring the infrastructure built with full or co-investment of the province to the local level are also mentioned in the policy and programme.
Reading out the government policy and programmes for the new FY, Province Chief Devkota said the existing organisation structure and human resources of the province will be reviewed and unnecessary structures will be abolished, merged and streamlined, making the administrative and monitoring of the provincial government based on an electronic system, selecting and effectively implementing projects that are highly profitable and contribute to internal income generation, increasing production and creating employment opportunities, and maintaining frugality in public spending by increasing financial discipline.
The government has proposed the policy to expand the scope of provincial revenue and control revenue leakage by maintaining uniformity in tax rates through inter-provincial coordination, developing, expanding and upgrading provincial highways on a priority basis by updating the provincial road and transport master plan, and building a provincial-level infrastructure and quality laboratory.
The government has decided to formulate a law to effectively regulate and bring ride sharing under the scope of revenue, increase the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and information technology in the construction process and monitoring and evaluation system, prepare a digital transformation action plan and prepare and implement a provincial strategic action plan with a zero tolerance policy against corruption, and continue the Model Ward Socialist Program and the Innovation Promotion Program at the local level.
Province Chief Devkota informed the provincial assembly that the policy and program emphasizes promotion of agriculture and farmers and the creation of physical infrastructure to increase agricultural production, the construction and maintenance of small irrigation structures, and the construction and maintenance of grain storage houses, among other programs.#nepal #Bagmati Province #rss
