Make plan selection and spending system transparent through digital dashboard

Kathmandu, May 14: Lawmaker from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Bipin Kumar Acharya, pitched for introducing a voting system ensuring the franchise rights of Nepalis scattered around the world in the upcoming election as a national pride project. 

He said so while taking part in today's deliberations on the annual policies and programmes of the government for the fiscal year 2083/84 at the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting. 

Acharya also advocated for adopting a policy of allocating the capital budget solely based on the mathematical weightage of infrastructure requirement indicators, ending political influence and discretionary powers. 

'The selection and expenditure system of every project should be integrated into a public digital dashboard to ensure transparency. A policy arrangement should be placed to implement a 'time card' system so that citizens receive all government services within the stipulated time,' parliamentarian Acharya recommended. 

He suggested establishing a performance-based accountability mechanism keeping vigil at the employees delaying service delivery or shirking responsibility. 

Lawmaker Acharya drew the government's attention to include in policies and programmes the investment plan for the professional development and capacity enhancement of MPs, who carry the responsibility of making the country's and people's future bright. 

'The first investment should be to provide MPs with the facility of a personal secretary, ' Acharya stated. 

MP Acharya emphasized that the accounting of questions raised in the Parliament should be transparently accessible to both MPs and citizens. 

MP Acharya stressed that the policies and programmes should prioritize institutionalizing the necessary structural and policy arrangements for the concept of 'right to recall,' allowing citizens to recall representatives who cannot perform according to public expectations before their term ends. (RSS)