CNI urges govt. to provide vaccines to workers

Kathmandu, Jun. 17

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has said that the government has expedited the process to procure vaccines against the COVID-19.

Talking to the office bearers of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) on Thursday, he stated that the government was making its efforts to inoculate all citizens by procuring vaccines from India and other countries.

According to a statement issued by CNI, DPM Paudel has taken the implementation of the budget of the next Fiscal Year 2021/22 as a test. “All the preparatory works will be completed before the end of the current fiscal year and execution will begin from the very first day of the next year,” he said.

CNI President Satish Kuamar More urged the government to create an environment to run economic activities in order to attain the growth rate of 6.5 per cent aimed for the next fiscal.

“Without the expansion of economic activities, meeting the growth target will be difficult to achieve. Therefore, many of the programmes announced by the budget should be addressed appropriately in the Monetary Policy of the next year,” he said.

Stating that the Nepal Rastra Bank had created a provision to approve every decision in 7-15 days, More urged the DPM to create such rules for every ministry as well.

He said that vaccination for the staff and workers in the industries of private sector should be in the government priority list.

He also urged the government to allow the private sector to import vaccines stating that it would facilitate  to inoculate a large number of people.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 18 June 2021.