The House of Representatives (HoR), lower house of the Federal Parliament, has started deliberations on the policies and programs of the government. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal presented a proposal in the meeting of the lower house today seeking the initiation of deliberations on the government's policies and programs for the fiscal year 2023/24. President Ram Chandra Paudel addressed the joint meeting of both houses of the federal Parliament on May 19 and read out the government's policies and programs.