Parliament meeting scheduled for today
Deliberations on the Appropriation Bill, 2082 related to different ministries will continue in the meeting of the House of Representatives today.
The meeting will be held at 11 am at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwar.
According to the agenda shared by the Federal Parliament Secretariat, lawmakers will discuss new financial year appropriation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Finance, Urban Development, and the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Secretariat of the National Planning Commission, the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President.
Similarly, proposals for expenditure cuts in the budget set aside for the ministries proposed by some lawmakers will be presented for a vote.
Speaker Devraj Ghimire is also scheduled to announce the change in the names of members of some parliamentary committees under the House of Representatives.
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