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Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has directed the employees to carry out works showing results, saying he is ready to fulfill their justified demands.

Issuing a directive after inspecting the Krishnanagar Customs and Internal Revenue Office here today, he said, "The employees would be evaluated on the basis of their work performance notwithstanding their position and responsibilities."

Finance Minister Mahat opined that it would not be difficult to meet the revenue targets if the realistic evaluation of the business is done adopting discipline and in a transparent manner. He urged the customs and revenue employees to take into consideration the constantly changing nature of trade and business.

Stating that internal revenue and customs are intricately related, he said, "Monitoring of trade and business from the revenue perspective would be easier if the customs identified which goods came legally and which did not."  

Minister Mahat stated that many goods have now been brought under the tax net and the transaction volume and the amount of income can be known from that. "The number of service-based businesses like hotels, restaurants etc is increasing. How many new business enterprises have been registered and their transaction volume should be constantly monitored. They should be linked to the tax system," he added.

The finance minister directed the employees to strive towards increasing the revenue, maintaining discipline and transparency. "Nobody should be unnecessarily harassed. The customs and revenue employees should also not shut their eyes. They should be serious about their duty and responsibilities," he further added.

Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has instructed the lawmakers from his party to play an effective role in the parliament.

During a meeting of the CPN (Maoist Center) Parliamentary Party convened at the Party's office in Singha Durbar today, he urged the party's all lawmakers to go on refining their roles.

Stating that the government has preparations to table important bills in the current session of Parliament, Chair Dahal urged the lawmakers to play an active role in the law making, said Rupa Soshi Chaudhary, the Maoist Centre Whip.

The meeting also held discussions on formation of parliamentary friendship groups, formulation of the policy and programmes and the budget for the next fiscal year, the 16th periodic plan, the parliament work schedule and the parliament's and committees' meetings as well.

The Election Commission has urged all eligible Nepali citizens, who missed to register their name in voters' name list due to various reasons, to register their names before announcement of the date for the by-election.

It has started internal preparation for determining the date for by-election as per the law on appropriate time by consulting with the government of Nepal to fill up the vacant posts through by-poll.

The EC today urged the eligible Nepali citizens across the country, who missed to register their names in voters' list due to various reasons, especially the eligible citizens of concerned local-levels, province assembly constituency and House of Representatives constituency to register their name in electoral roll before announcement of the date for by-election.

A total of 23 posts had fallen vacant in different local levels, province assembly and House of Representatives after local-level election held on April 23 and election for the Province Assembly and HoR on November 20, 2023.

The EC has been regularly registering voter name lists through province and district election offices.

A press release issued by EC Spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Poudel reads that the EC is confident that all the eligible Nepali citizens across the country have been registered in the electoral roll as per the existing legal provision related to voter registration.

The CPN-UML Parliamentary Party has issued a whip to the UML lawmakers to mandatorily attend the Parliament's meetings and to play an effective role in the winter session of the federal Parliament. The winter session is commencing from 4 pm today.

Party whip Mahesh Bartaula said that this directive has been issued in line with the decision that the party's meeting made on Sunday. He said that the UML will shoulder the role of the main opposition party in a stronger and effective manner in the meetings of the current session compared to the past.

The meeting of the Parliamentary Party has also instructed its lawmakers to play an effective role in the context of making the laws required for constitution implementation, social justice, good governance, prosperity and national interest.

Similarly, the meeting has urged the government to stop the youth brain drain to foreign countries and to promptly bring back home the Nepali youths who are in difficulty, paying attention to the deteriorating peace and security situation in West Asia.