Federal Parliament Budget Session Begins Monday; President to Present Policy and Program

Kathmandu. The budget session of the Federal Parliament is starting from tomorrow, Monday. The government's policy and program are being prepared to be presented on the first day of the session. 

According to Ekram Giri, spokesperson for the Parliament Secretariat, President Ram Chandra Paudel is scheduled to address both houses of the Federal Parliament. Spokesperson Giri informed that the President will present the government's policy and program at 4:00 PM in accordance with Article 95 of the Constitution of Nepal. The provision in the said article of the constitution is that the President shall address the joint meeting of both houses of the Federal Parliament after the election of the House of Representatives and at the beginning of the first session of each year. The Parliament Secretariat has requested the members of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly to be present before 3:45 PM in the joint meeting where President Paudel will present the policy and program. Separate meetings of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly will be held at 2:00 PM before the joint meeting. According to the information provided by the Parliament Secretariat, the first agenda in the meeting of the House of Representatives will be information about the letter received from the President regarding the convening of the session. Following that, the potential agenda is to inform the house about the information received from the President's Office regarding the reshuffle of the Council of Ministers. The nomination of members to chair the meeting in the absence of the Speaker and the presentation of the obstacle-removing provisions issued in accordance with Rule 260 of the House of Representatives Regulations, 2079, for approval are being prepared. Similarly, the draft of the House of Representatives Regulations will also be presented in tomorrow's meeting. The agenda for this session also includes the presentation of various eight ordinances issued by the government. These include the Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2083, the Special Arrangement Ordinance Regarding the Removal from Office of Public Officials, 2083, and the Constitutional Council (Work, Duties, Authority, and Procedures) First Amendment Ordinance, 2083. The Parliament Secretariat has stated that these ordinances will be presented in both the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.