NDC meeting to finalise interim plan 
The two-day meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) has begun in the capital on Sunday to finalise the three-year interim plan.
Addressing the inaugural session of the council, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who chairs the council, stressed the need for regional balance in development programmes during the interim period to achieve the goals.
The meeting would seek suggestions from its members and give final shape to the ambitious interim plan which aims to invest Rs 587 billion in the next three years.
The interim plan period starts with the upcoming budget.
Ministers, parliamentarians, experts, businessmen and civil society members, appointed as members of the recently formed NDC, are attending the meeting being held at Hyatt regency.
The government aims to achieve a 5.5 percent growth rate during the plan period and reduce the poverty level to 24 percent. nepalnews.com ia June 24 07
