Kathmandu, 21 March: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has said a balanced budget would be brought for the coming fiscal year.
A meeting of the Finance Committee under the House of Representatives at Singha Durbar today, Minster Pun expressed the belief that balance would be maintained in the budget within resources and limits.
He shared that issues including modernization of agriculture, marketization, management of capable human resources in inland-revenue, making customs transparent would be prioritized in the coming budget.
The Finance Minister stressed that a budget incorporating the activities carried out by the erstwhile government would be brought as per the current need and relevance, adding priority would be given to national pride projects in the budget.
The coming budget would incorporate the issues including production-oriented sector, agriculture, industry, tourism, education, health and information technology adopting the commitment of building socialism oriented national economy imagined by the constitution, he opined. The policy of involving huge human resources in agriculture making the agriculture commercial through modernization would be in budget’s priority.
