Budget session begins from today

The budget session of the legislature-parliament is beginning from Monday.

This is the second session of the interim parliament, which was formed by the eight parties on January 15.

During the budget session, the government is scheduled to present its annual policies and programmes. The government is expected to present the policies and programmes on Wednesday (July 4). The policies will focus the November 22 elections for the Constituent Assembly.

Likewise, the government will also present the budget estimates for the fiscal year 2007/08 within mid-July.

The budget session will also give importance to electoral legislation such as Bill on CA Court, among others.

These apart, there are 20 different legislative bills being discussed at various parliamentary committees.

Government spokesperson and the Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been saying that the Bill to Amend the Working Journalists Act and Right to Information Bill will be passed within this session.

Speaker Subas Nemwang has said that the session will give top priority to helping conduct the CA elections in a free and fair manner. nepalnews.com sd Jul 02 07

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