Parliament passes Appropriation Bill

July 11: The Legislature-Parliament has passed the Appropriation Bill 2074 on July 10. The passage of bill by majority of the House has paved way for the government bodies to spend the budget for the fiscal year 2017/18.

The second meeting of the Parliament on July 10 had approved the bill  presented by Finance Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki. Earlier, the meeting had also unanimously endorsed the proposal seeking consideration on the finance bill, 2074 and also passed the National Debt Recovery Bill, 2074.

Speaker Onsari Gharti has announced clause-wise discussion on the endorsed bills on July 13. The government is scheduled to endorse the budget on the same day.

The meeting disapproved the demands of lawmakers Prem Suwal, Anuradha Thapa and Dilli Prasad Kafle to reduce the budget on different heads allocated for various ministries.

The next meeting of the Legislature-Parliament will take place at 1 pm on July 12.