Kathmandu, June 20: In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), lawmakers have called for immediately bringing the Federal Civil Service Bill to the process.
Taking part in deliberations on budgetary appropriation for different ministries, lawmaker Lekhnath Dahal questioned as to why the Civil Service Bill that was already included in the agenda was put on hold.
He stressed the need to take prompt efforts to fix the problems surfaced in plans/proejcts selection, implementation and Public Procurement Act.
Dahal also demanded an end to the tendency to appropriate budget in the electoral constituencies of accessible people.
Also speaking on the occasion, lawmaker Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat said though the Finance Minister earlier had pledged in the parliament that the federal government would not implement the project costing below Rs 30 million it was not reflected in the budget.
Anticipated results could not be attained with scattered budget, he said, adding that there was anarchy in the budgets of provinces and the federal government was not an exception in such practice.
Lawmaker Rajendra Kumar KC said the minister-focused and region-oriented budgets would not contribute to the prosperity of the country.
Likewise, parliamentarian Purna Bahadur Tamang said he would not air his view in the absence of the line Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport.
Earlier, Chief Whip of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Hitraj Pandey had expressed concern on the absence of the line minsters in deliberations over the appropriation bill.
Speaker Devraj Ghimire had adjourned the meeting for 15 minutes acting on the concerns of the lawmakers. In the meeting resumed after the presence of Minister Dahal, lawmaker Tamang voiced complaint over the government’s apathy to the reconstruction of the BP Highway.
Also taking part in the deliberations, lawmakers, Prabhu Hajara, Ranendra Baraili, Tshering Lama Bhote and Kaluram Rai, among others, said the ministry-wise appropriation was not balanced and judicious. #nepal #political #rss
