Govt to introduce its policies and programmes Thursday

The government is to present its policies and prorgammes in the parliament on Thursday, a day after the budget session starts.

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav will read out the government's policy document in the House, speaker Subas Nemwang told reporters at his office. The Office of the President in a letter asked the CA Secretariat to start the budget session from 3 am Wednesday.

Finance Minister Surendra Pandey is scheduled to present the budget of the new fiscal year on Saturday (July 11).

The winter session, which saw continuous obstructions from the Maoists, ended after the Prime Minister's address to the House on Monday.

The House resumed after the two main ruling parties, CPN (UML) and Nepali Congress and the main opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) reached an agreement.

Addressing the House Monday evening, Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal warned that his party would launch tougher resistance in the parliament and the streets if the issues raised by his party were not addressed within a month, as agreed by the Prime Minister. nepalnews.com