The meeting of the Council of Ministers has been scheduled for today. The meeting will take place immediately after the Standing Committee meeting of the CPN UML, which will take place at 2 pm, is over.
The meeting of the Council of Ministers today is expected to hold discussions on the upcoming budget for the next fiscal year. As per the provision in the Constitution, the budget is supposed to be announced on Jestha 15 of the Nepali calendar (May 29 this year).
With just nine days remaining the government has not yet called for the budget session of the Parliament. The pre-budget discussions in the House are also supposed to be over 15 days prior to the budget is announced. However, till date, nothing related to the budget has been discussed in the Parliament though Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had earlier stated that the budget will not be brought through ordinance.
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