KATHMANDU:- The House of Representatives (HoR) has passed the Appropriation Bill, 2083. A proposal seeking passage of the Appropriation Bill was presented by Finance Minister Dr SwarnimWagle, which was endorsed by a majority of votes/voices from parliament meeting on Thursday.
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Before the vote, Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal presented chapters two to eleven of the Bill for consideration.
HoR Members, including Kriparam Rana, Parbati BK, Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav, Santosh Subba, Nita Ghatani, ParashuramTamang, Arjun Kumar Karki, Narendra Kumar Kerung, Ramesh Kumar Malla, Sajida Khatun Siddiqui, Yubraj Dulal, Yashuda Kumari Baral, Guru Prasad Baral, Mohammad Istiyak Rai, Balawati Sharma, Bishnu Maya BK, Yagya Bahadur Bogati, Ain Bahadur Mahar, Pushparaj Kandel and Padma Kumari Aryal, proposed curtailment in the expenditures proposed in the appropriation section.
But their proposal was rejected by the majority of votes. On May 29, Finance Minister Dr Wagle had presented the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, 2083/84, in the joint meeting of the federal parliament.
Deliberation on budget allocation under various headings (Prime Minister’s Office, ministries/commission) of the Appropriation Bill was held in the HoR meeting on June 15 and 16, while relevant ministers responded to the lawmakers’ queries on June 17 and 18. The next meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled for Friday, June 19.