Meetings of both Houses set to take place today

Kathmandu, June 19: Meetings of both Houses of the Federal Parliament are set to take place today. 

The meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled to commence at 11.00 am, and the meeting of the National Assembly will be held at 1:15 pm. 

Deliberations on the Appropriation Bill will begin in the Lower House. Tentative agenda includes a group discussion on various topics related to seven ministries under the Appropriation Bill, 2082. 

There is a schedule to discuss various topics of Ministry of Forests and Environment, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Ministry of Health and Population, and Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. 

The federal parliament secretariat shared that there is an agenda to present proposals for expenditure cuts on various headings of the ministries during deliberations on the Appropriation Bill, 2082. 

President of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee under the HoR, Ramhari Khatiwada informed that there is an agenda to present the report of the 'Nepal Citizenship (Second Amendment) Bill, 2082'. 

It may be noted that parliamentarians representing the Rastriya Swatantra Party and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party have been obstructing the parliament demanding an investigation commission to probe the 'Visit Visa' scam and the resignation of Home Minister. 

In the meeting of the Upper House today, the line ministers will respond to the queries related to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. 

Likewise, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Bishnu Prasad Paudel is scheduled to respond to the queries raised during the general discussion on the annual estimates of revenue and expenditure for the fiscal year 2082/83.

President of the NA Committee on Development, Economic Affairs and Good Governance, Kamala Pant will present the study report-2081 on the 'Graduation of Nepal from Least Developed Nation to Developing Nation'. 

In today's meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Paudel will present a proposal to send the 'Customs Bill, 2080', received from the Lower House with a message, to the Legislative Management Committee for clause-wise discussion. 

The meeting will also present a condolence proposal to mourn the passing of Constituent Assembly member Birendra Juharchan and former HoR member Dhundiraj Shastri.(RSS)