Proposals on cutting back on expenditure rejected by HoR majority

A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today rejected by a majority the proposals on cutting back on expenditure on the headings related to various ministries under the Appropriation Bill, 2081.

Thirty-one lawmakers had presented these proposals in course of deliberations on the appropriation headings of the Bill.

Before this, Speaker Devraj Ghimire had put the proposals on slashing the expenditure for a decision.

Lawmakers Prem Suwal, Dr Amaresh Kumar Singh, Badri Prasad Pandeya, Rama Koirala, Sanjaya Kumar Gautam, Ajaya Kumar Chaurasiya, Rajendra Kumar KC, Surendra Raj Acharya, Jeevan Pariyar, Dilendra Prasad Badoo, Bina Lama, Rupa BK, Gyan Bahadur Shahi and Shanti BK had brought proposals on cutting back on expenditure under various headings in the Appropriation Bill, 2081.

The meeting also rejected the proposals on slashing expenditures under the various headings of the Bill put forth by lawmakers Roshan Karki, Nagina Yadav, Teju Lal Chaudhary, Maina Karki, Rajendra Bajgain, Dr Dhawal Shumsher JBR, Ramhari Khatiwada, Mukta Kumari Yadav, Rajendra Prasad Lingden, Shyam Kumar Ghimire, Buddhi Man Tamang, Hridaya Ram Thani, Udaya Shumsher Rana, Pradip Paudel, Chanda Chaudhary, Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan and Pushpa Bahadur Shah.