NDAC
meeting
Kathmandu,
Jan. 16:
Prime
Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed the provincial governments to strongly
pursue the development objectives with continuous communication and cooperation
with the federal as well as the local governments.
He
directed the National Planning Commission (NPC) to create strong bonds with the
newly formed provincial planning commissions to guide them in formulating periodic
planning.
“Communication, coordination
and cooperation are the three elements that the governments of various levels
and planning commissions should focus on,” he said while addressing the
National Development Action Committee (NDAC) meeting at the NPC on Wednesday.
“A tiger is strong and fierce,
but a cub cannot hunt on its own. First it needs to learn to stand properly
then gradually should acquire the hunting skills. The provinces and the local
governments are in the same position, you should create strong foothold first
then learn the skills of development and programme execution,” said the PM.
He directed the federal
ministries and provincial governments not to create problems but to resolve the
issues with greater cooperation and collaborations as it was not a victory or a
defeat of any one party or individual but a mission to develop the nation.
According to PM Oli,
problems in the coordination among the sub-national governments will obstruct
the pace the development. The government has developed and implemented
‘Federalism Implement Facilitation Action Plan’.
If implemented in true
spirit, it will help to forge better collaborations among the governments, he
said.
He warned the federal and
provincial ministers that they did not have the luxury to simply pass their
ministerial tenure but to work hard to lead the nation on the path of
development and prosperity.
“Do not play with the
numbers but work so as to change those numbers,” he directed.
The Prime Minister said that
the modernisation and mechanisation of agriculture, development and promotion
of small and medium scale enterprises and development of tourism were the bases
of the economic progress.
PM Oli said that the stable
government had created a policy of stability and clarity in the national policy
which would play an important role in attracting investment.
He also suggested the
federal and provincial governments should work together to create project
banks.
He directed the Ministry of
Physical Infrastructure and Transport and Ministry of Home Affairs not to
trouble the motorcycle riders and pillion riders but to start homework to
create policy to address the issue.
He also directed the
responsible government agencies to clarify about the confusion created over the
new liquor policy.
“There has been no action
from the government side but there is confusion in the market. The government
agencies must be aware not to create havoc in the market,” he said.
NPC Vice-Chairman Prof. Dr. Pushpa
Raj Kandel said that the provincial governments should coordinate with the
local levels for the development works and capacity building.
He said that the Project
Information Management System was in the phase of completion and would soon be
implemented.
Finance Minister Dr. Yuba
Raj Khatiwada said that the progress in the national pride projects was not
satisfactory and urged the line ministries to find the causes behind the delay
in the strategic infrastructure projects.
He said that the culture of
making payment against the programme implementation at the end of the fiscal
year should be changed and the payments should be made periodically.
“The government should
create a mechanism to monitor the investment of the private sector as well. The
private sector invests more than the government and it should be in the
knowledge of the government,” he said.
Chief Minister of Province 5
Shankar Pokharel said that in absence of strong cooperation among the three
levels of governments, there was a problem of programme duplication.
Chief Ministers of Province
1 and 2 Sherdhan Rai and Lal Babu Raut respectively said that there was poor
coordination among the governments.
Minister for Labour,
Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista pointed towards the need for
implementing more infrastructure projects and expedite the works at the
projects being implemented in order to create more jobs.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 17 January 2019.
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