The Finance Bill, 2080 BS and the Bill to Raise National Debt, 2080 BS have been tabled in a meeting of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament, today. National Assembly Secretary Dr Surendra Aryal tabled the two bills along with the message received from the House of Representatives. Deliberations on the Appropriation Bill will continue in the National Assembly meeting today also.

In this connection, the upper house is deliberating on the budget allotted to the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

Proposals for reduction in the budget apportioned to these ministries in the Appropriation Bill have also been presented in the National Assembly meeting today.