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| Hon.Dr.Rambaran Yadav presenting Policy and Programmes |
The government of Nepal in the first programme to announce its policy and programmes for the fiscal year 2011/12 has made many of the assertions that include to end the peace process intitiated in 2006 to a logical conclusion as soon as possible. The Honorable President of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav in his statement in the Constituent Assembly said that the present government is committed to bring the peace process to a logical conclusion thus also completing the task of writing the constitution in order to maintain constitutional supremacy, guarantee the rule of law and good governance, protect and promote human rights, implement the past understandings and agreements and make service delivery effective on the basis of national consensus. The president also asserted that the government and all the lawmakers to work day and night to draft the constitution of the country which would ultimately guide the fate of the Himalayan Republic.
Apart from timely drafting of the constitution, programmes that would aid in bringing a close to the remnants of the decade long armed conflict and development process has been included in the statement. The statement also focuses on eradicating all kind of inequalities, poverty and exploitation and guiding the nation towards a federal republic. The policy and programmes also emphasizes to push forward the socio economic transformation, to systematically and strategically pave the path of the post conflict era. The government plans to continue the political, social and the economic revolution at the same time. The government also plans to integrate the Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) and to make the necessary arrangements to rehabilitate the former combatants who do not want to be integrated in the National Army within six months and prepare the new National Security Policy as soon as possible. The government is going to continue Panchasil which advocates the process of peaceful coexistence,not to interfare in the internal political affairs of the neighboring countries and non-alignment with any of the countries in war as its foreign policy. The government also plans to build up the more important infrastructure of development through the use of Public Private Partnership model. Government also plans to build up independent body to pursue the the idea of e-governance that would make the working of the bureaucracy hassle-free and easily accessible.
It further plans to give major priority to develop the fields of competitive advantages like agriculture, tourism, hydroelectricity and water resources. The government initiates to invest the local funds within the country for projects of national priority and to seek international funds only if the national funds are insufficient and to emphasis co-operatives for the economic development of the country. Apart from these initiatives the, government also has prioritized various long term development projects that is going to positively affect the lives of people. The house has finally endorsed the policy and programmes that has been initiated by the government with majority. The opposition Nepali Congress has filed the written dissatisfaction on the various points included in the policy and programmes for which the Honorable Prime minster had given answers in front of the house.
Though the house has supported the policy and programmes by majority still most of the lawmakers and even the general people are not sure about the implementation of all the programmes that has been illustrated. The opposition has even said that the policy and programmes are too vague and were simply made in order to make the coalition partners in the government happy rather than to address the major problems seen in the country ranging from the issue of armed conflicts in Terai to limiting inflation that has greatly affected the country. The opposition has even criticized the policy as a meaningless good essay .
The policy and programmes have failed to address the major problems and strategic plans and policies regarding the peace process and army integration which has been the major point of heated discussion for the past few years . All these issues will go into a limbo if proper implementation is not carried out. The programme to logically conclude the constitution drafting process and to integrate the qualified former militants in the national security force and rehabilitate the disqualified militants in the society lacks proper strategic planning. The issues which should have been concluded with the common understanding and full house support have been passed through the alternative way of majority in the parliament which is surely going to affect the implementation part as it lacks the support from the opposition.
Till today understanding about the modality of the army integration and the rehabilitation of the former combatants has not taken place. Even when the coalition partners in the government lack the understanding on the issue, the way forward seems more tougher like walking on burning coal to the ruling parties. If the policy and programmes had stated the strategic ways and plans to logically conclude the peace process on time and in the common understanding of the major political parties, it would have been better and the implementation part would also have become easier. It also has has failed to address the reasons of the armed outfits that have been operating in Terai which would one day be one of the greatest challenge to overcome.
The issue of the armed groups that has been in rise since the middle of the last decade if unanswered would be the matter of threat to our national security. So, emphasis to segregate the armed groups to political and terrorist should be done and the political outfits should be pressurized to start a dialogue while terrorist groups should be tackled with force. Therefore, the policy and programmes have been proposed to onlymake the coalition partners in the government happy rather than to address the most serious issues that has been affecting the lives and the fate of the country. The policy and programmes has not been able to address and initiate the major prevailing problems and lacks the plan of action for major programmes.
At some points the importance of the private sectors have been added up but the ovarall policy has been such that it will not positiely enhance the economy.Higher emphasis on the long term projects has been focused on despite the low performance on the previous years.The programmes like the establishment of the "Hydropower Development Bank" so as to collect funds and to invest on the power sector lacks the clear roadmap and is intended to increase the role of the bureaucrats.The priority to subsidize the cooperatives which though with higher amount of the capital and low performance and which are said to be performing beyond their alloted criterion is going to bring monetary profligacy in the long term. Special programmes to support the poor, women and the marginalized community is stated but lacks the clear ground or the idea it is going to be operated.
Aanam
good keep it up
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