Business incubation centers will be established in all seven provinces of the country.
He said that majority of the economic indicators including growth and inflation were impressive.
He added that Ram Janakai temple in Janakpur will be made as the Wedding hub and Lumbini will be made as a birthing hub to attract more tourists in the country.
By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 28: The government has targeted to have 1.6 million foreign tourists in the upcoming year.Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun said this while presenting the annual estimate of income and expenditure for the upcoming fiscal year of 2081/82 BS (2024/25) at the joint meeting of the federal parliament today. He also said that May 29 will be marked as the Sagarmatha Day.
The government has allocated a sum of Rs. 57 billion for agriculture sector for the he upcoming year.
The generation of electricity will be further strengthened.
The government has come up with a plan to add 900 MW of hydropower in the national grid in the upcoming year.
The government has come up with a programme for a new phase of economic reform.
The death of children below 5 years has decreased from 61 to 33 and the maternal mortality at birth has gone down from 2281 in the previous fiscal year to 1191.
Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun is presenting the annual estimate of income and expenditure for the upcoming fiscal year of 2081/82 BS (2024/25) at the joint meeting of the federal parliament.
Coordinator of the task force, also the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Padam Giri, said that the meeting held at the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs at Singha Durbar, has made a four-point agreement.
A parliamentary party meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) held today endorsed the political consensus reached on Monday to form a parliamentary committee to investigate the alleged involvement of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane in the misappropriation of cooperative funds.
The full meeting passed the both documents to be tabled in the parliament along with budget in the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers under chairmanship of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.
A special program has been organized at the Army Pavilion, Tundikhel on the occasion of the 17th Republic Day on Tuesday.
The schedule for the presentation of the government's estimations of revenue and expenditures (budget) for the fiscal year 2081-82 BS (2024-25) has been postponed by two hours. Earlier, Speaker Devraj Ghimire scheduled the budget speech at 1:00 pm today before a joint sitting of the Federal Parliament. Now, it has been rescheduled for 3:00 pm.