Kathmandu, May 2: The government’s policies and programmes for the upcoming fiscal year are to be presented in the joint session of the Federal Parliament on Friday.
President Ramchandra Paudel is scheduled to present the policies and programmes in the joint sitting of both Houses of the federal parliament.
The joint sitting of both Houses of the federal parliament has been summoned for 3:00 pm today.
Secretary General of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Padma Prasad Pandey said that tentative agenda of the joint meeting has been fixed.
As per the Article 95 of the Constitution, the President shall address the joint sitting of both Houses of the federal parliament.
Speaker Devraj Ghimire has already urged the members of the House of Representatives to be present in the prescribed attire and take seat by 2:45 pm.
Discussions have already been held among the ruling political parties to bring policies and programmes for the upcoming fiscal year focusing on the measures to make the economy more circular.
Similarly, it is believed that the policies and programmes will focus on instilling hope among the youth, promoting entrepreneurship, skill, startups and business plans, and increasing the government’s expenditure and maintaining good governance.
The Federal Parliament Secretariat has already set the agenda to discuss and pass the government’s policies and programmes during coming May 5 to 11.
Similarly, discussions on the principles and priorities of the Appropriation Bill – also taken as a pre-budget discussion will begin on May 13.
The Finance Minister will present the budget for the upcoming fiscal year in the joint sitting of the federal parliament on May 29
