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The government has allocated Rs 70. 05 billion for the Ministry of Education.

Finance Minister Janardan Sharma said that the amount was allocated for the development of education, science and technology sector.

Similarly, Minister Sharma said that Rs 5.32 billion has been allocated in the province and Rs 121.01 at the local level.

Likewise, he said that Rs 8. 30 has been allocated for the tenchnical education training and 1, 200 schools will be conducted under the Educational Reform Program.

Minister Sharma further said that Rs 200 million has been allocated for the computer and internet in 20 schools of each province.

The government has planned to complete the construction of basic hospitals in 655 places next year.

The Senior Citizen Award will be established to provide special services to the senior citizen.

Similarly, the government has allocated Rs 69. 38 billion to the health sector.

Finance Minister Janardan Sharma said that an electronic health information system will be adopted.

The government has allocated Rs 7.5 billion for Prime Minister Employment Program.

Finance Minister Janardan Sharma said that the amount was allocated with an objective to create employment for 200, 000 Nepalis.

He said that the structure of the Prime Minister Employment Program will also be changed this fiscal year.

The government has announced to lay a pipeline to supply petroleum products.

Presenting the budget for the next fiscal year 2022/ 23, Finance Minister Janardan Sharma said that the pipeline will be laid from Siliguri of India to Charali of Jhapa.

Likewise, the government has also announced to extend the pipeline from Amlekhgunj to Pathlaiya.

The government has allocated Rs 55 billion to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development.

Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has given Rs 15 billion more to agriculture than the ceiling set by the National Planning Commission.

The Commission had set a ceiling of Rs 40 billion in agriculture.

The government had allocated Rs 36 billion in the current fiscal year.

Minister Sharma allocated Rs 55 billion to the Agriculture Ministry to become self-reliant in agriculture this year.

The government on Sunday endorsed the budget for the next fiscal year 2022/ 23.

Finance Minister Janardan Sharma’s Secretariat said that a Cabinet meeting held this afternoon endorsed the budget to be presented in the Parliament.

Minister Sharma is presenting a budget of around Rs 17 trillion in the Parliament at 4 pm today.

The budget mentions issues such as increasing the salaries of the employees and social security allowances.

A Nepal Army helicopter deployed to search for the missing Tara Air's Twin Otter aircraft landed in Thasang of Mustang.

It will take around six hours to reach the area where an unusual sound was heard from Thasang.

Though the plane contacted the tower of the Civil Aviation Office in Jomsom at 10: 12 am, it went out of contact since then.

The aircraft had taken off for Jomsom from Pokhara at 9: 55 am.

There were 22 persons including two German nationals, four Indian and 13 Nepali nationals apart from crew members on board the aircraft.

Pilot Prabhakar Ghimire, co-pilot Utsav Pokharel and airhostess Kishmi Thapa were in the plane.

According to the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, the search operation has been affected due to bad weather.

The District Administration Office, Mustang said that Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police personnel and locals have been deployed to search for the missing plane.

A team of Nepal Army and Nepal Police has been sent from the land route to search for the missing Tara Air aircraft due to bad weather.

The Nepal Civil Aviation Authority said that the security personnel have been deployed from the land route to search for the aircraft which went out of contact from Ghorepani of Mustang on Sunday morning.

The plane had taken off for Jomsom from Pokhara at 9: 55 am.

There were 22 persons including three crew members on board the aircraft.

According to the Civil Aviation Office, Pokhara, there were two German nationals, four Indians and 13 Nepali nationals in the aircraft.