Kathmandu, May 24
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Sunday said that the budget of
the coming fiscal year 2021/22 would be announced through ordinance.
Speaking with journalists at the PM’s residence, he said
that the budget would be announced on the same date as mentioned in the
constitution and would be read by the President as an ordinance.
"Budget will be designed in a responsible manner. The
programmes, projects and policies that I had announced earlier would be
included in the programme," he said, "But the main focus of the
budget would be the control and treatment of COVID-19 pandemic."
According to him, major development programmes and projects
would be continued but no new projects would be announced since the focus would
be controlling the pandemic.
As the Parliament is dissolved as per the Article 76(5) of
the constitution and the date of the election is announced, the government has
no other way to announce the budget.
Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has almost completed the
new budget with priority to control COVID-19, infrastructure development and
economic revival.
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