KATHMANDU, May 16: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Surendra Raj Acharya, has complained that less amount of budget is allocated for the ministry.
In the first meeting of the Women and Social Affairs Committee held on Tuesday, Minister Acharya shared, "There are many activities to be carried out under the ministry, but the budget allocation is very low. It is necessary to increase the budget in this sector as there are many areas of humanitarian needs."
He laid emphasis on the need of implementing rights related to women, children and senior citizens as mentioned in the constitution.
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Similarly, committee members stressed the need of implementing the fundamental rights of women, children and senior citizens and activities of the concerned commission should be evaluated.
Discussion was held on different topics including uniformity on child nutrition programmes, making single women employment oriented after carrying out their study, and making the committee's decisions result-oriented by implementing the decisions of the meeting.
The meeting was focused on reviewing the performance of the Women’s Commission, Dalit Commission, National Inclusion Commission, and the details of budget expenditure for upcoming programmes. The meeting was chaired by the senior-most member of the committee, Roshan Karki.
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