Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun on July 12
said President Ram Baran
Yadav has agreed to
the Government request
for budgetary allocation
for Constituent Assembly
(CA) election and establishment
of Nepal Army’s general
directorate for security
and development, reports
ekantipur.com. “President
has agreed for additional
budgetary allocation
for election, establishment
of general directorate,
and former Maoist combatants,”
said Pun. The Government
had earlier pressed
for a partial budget
with few new programmes
although opposition
parties remained adamant
for an advance budget
through an ordinance
as per Article 96 A
(2) of the Interim Constitution. |
