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Lawmakers welcome govt’s decision not to proceed with SPP

KATHMANDU, June 21: Lawmakers have welcomed the government’s decision not to proceed with the State Partnership Prog...
By Republica

KATHMANDU, June 21: Lawmakers have welcomed the government’s decision not to proceed with the State Partnership Program (SPP) proposed by the United States of America. 


Putting their views at today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Bhim Rawal and Hari Raj Adhikari welcomed and thanked the government for this decision while Rawal demanded that the Prime Minister additionally clarify the matter at parliament. 


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Sanjaya Kumar Gautam urged the government to seek alternatives to resolve the crisis of fertilizers, and increasing price of petroleum products and to adopt preparedness to reduce loss caused by monsoon-caused disasters. 


Lawmaker Anil Kumar Jha asked the government to take initiatives to save Gaur and other rural areas in Rautahat district that are at the risk of being flooded due to ‘unmanaged’ Intensive Urban Development Project under the Ministry of Urban Development. 


Rajendra Prasad Lingden criticized the government for not exempting taxes on electric vehicles in the budget for the next fiscal year, 2022/23 under the ‘influence of a handful of businesspersons’ instead of encouraging them in the context when the price of petroleum products is soaring. 


Prem Suwal and Khaga Raj Adhikari accused the government of ‘undermining’ the health insurance program by handing it to the private sector. 


(RSS)

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