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The government has taken a new strategy to promote religious places.

Presenting the annual budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2024/25 in the federal Parliament on Tuesday, Finance Minister Barshaman Pun said that the government is to operate transport services from the Nepal-India border to visit Pashupatinath, Swargadwari, and Muktinath temple.

He said that the budget has been arranged to promote tourism.  

The government is to encourage foreign tourists to get married in Nepal.

Finance Minister Barshaman Pun made such an announcement while presenting the annual budget for upcoming fiscal year 2024/25 in the federal Parliament on Tuesday.

He said that Janakpur will be developed as a wedding hub and Lumbini as a birthing hub.

The  Cabinet meeting on Tuesday endorsed the annual budget for the fiscal year 2081/82 (2024/25).

The budget is being presented by Finance Minister Barshaman Pun at the joint meeting of the Federal Parliament.

Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Government Spokesperson Rekha Sharma shared that the meeting of the Council of Ministers held at Singha Durbar has decided to endorse the budget.

The laws related to the budget will also be presented in the Parliament.

The task force formed for the formation of a parliamentary probe committee submitted its report to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday.

After an agreement was reached in the meeting of the task force held at the Law Ministry this morning, the task force member submitted the report to Prime Minister Dahal in Singha Durbar. After that, the report was made public.

The Prime Minister’s Secretariat said that a four-point agreement was signed in the task force to end the long-standing dispute between the ruling and opposition parties and House deadlock.

According to the agreement, the tenure of the parliamentary probe committee formed to investigate the misuse of cooperative funds will be of three months. There will be seven members in the committee.

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Padam Giri, lawmakers Jeevan Pariyar, Mahesh Kumar Bartaula, Shishir Khanal, Hit Raj Pandey and Gyanendra Bahadur Karki signed the agreement.

A joint meeting of both the Houses of federal Parliament scheduled for 1 pm to unveil the annual budget for the upcoming fiscal year has been postponed for 3 pm today.

The Parliament Secretariat said that the meeting was postponed due to a 'special reason'.

Finance Minister Barshaman Pun will present the budget for the upcoming fiscal year in the joint meeting of the Parliament today.  

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the government is committed to taking the peace process to a logical conclusion as well as concluding the remaining task of transitional justice. 

At a special function organized at Nepal Army Pavilion, Tundikhel today on the occasion of Republic Day, Prime Minister Dahal said that most of the tasks related to conflict management and establishment of peace have been completed to address the sentiments of the Constitution. 

"The government is committed to take the peace process to the logical conclusion and complete the remaining tasks of transitional justice", he added. 

“Nepal’s practice in conflict management and establishment of peace has been established as a new example in the world,” PM Dahal said.

He explained that allowance has been distributed to the people injured and mutilated during the armed conflict and people's movement.

The PM clarified that the three-tier elections held in a free, fearless, and impartial manner have strengthened the federal governance system in the country, adding the three-level governments function for the welfare and prosperity of the citizens.

"The government is committed to advancing the country towards its national aspiration for prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali along with the establishment of political stability, good governance, development, and social justice as it yearns for achieving a socialism-oriented socio-economic transformation as per the need of the nation and the citizens," the Prime Minister said.

He said that the effective implementation of the constitution, strengthening of federalism, economic reform and recovery, promotion of good governance, improvement, and simplification in the public service delivery system, the establishment of civic-friendly governance, and the prevention of corruption are the top priorities of the government. 

According to him, those communities who were pushed into exclusions for ages to age now have their rights and participation in the decision-making levels at the state's various bodies following a revolutionary change in the nation.

Communities that endured centuries of oppression, including those subjected to untouchability, now hold positions in 6,743 wards and other State bodies.

The women community who are referred to as 'half the sky' were largely confined to the domestic roles. But with the historic transformation in the country, they lead the 753 local levels as the mayors or the deputy mayors. 

Stating that women's participation has been ensured not only in the public sector but also in the political and social sectors, the Prime Minister said various constitutional commissions are working to promote the rights of those communities’ facing exclusion and to mainstream their participation in each body of the State. 

"We are commemorating Republic Day as a milestone in Nepal's journey towards prosperity, symbolizing the eradication of social, cultural, and economic disparities that have long plagued Nepali society," the Prime Minister said.

The main opposition Nepali Congress has agreed to form a parliamentary probe committee without mentioning the name of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.

The Parliamentary Party meeting held on Tuesday decided to form a parliamentary probe committee without mentioning the name of any particular person in the cooperative fraud scam.

After the meeting, Nepali Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak said that the task force would give the final shape.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of former General Secretary Krishna Prasad Sitaula after party President Sher Bahadur Deuba was not feeling well.

Lekhak said that the names of additional members will be sent to the parliamentary secretariat after the terms of reference (ToR) of the committee is finalized.

Currently, Deputy General Secretary Jeevan Pariyar and Gyanendra Bahadur Karki are in the task force from Nepali Congress.

Leader Lekhak claimed that a proposal will be tabled in the Parliament meeting at 4 pm today to endorse the agreement along with ToR.

The Congress has long been obstructing the House proceedings demanding formation of a parliamentary probe committee by mentioning the name of Home Minister Lamichhane in the cooperative fraud case.

Now, the House obstruction will be cleared from today after the Congress expressed its readiness to form a parliamentary committee without mentioning the name of any particular person.

The price of gold has increased by Rs 400 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 137, 600 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 137, 200 per tola on Sunday.

Similarly, tejabi gold is being traded at Rs 136, 590 per tola. It was traded at Rs 136, 550 per tola.

Meanwhile, the silver is being traded at Rs 1,920 per tola today.