INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, July 11
Eighteen ministries presented their progress reports for fiscal 2018-19 to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli during the
government performance review meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today.
The ministries making their
presentation included Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transportation, Agricultural and Livestock
Development, Urban Development, Water Supply, Communication and Information Technology; Culture,Tourism and Civil Aviation; Industry,
Commerce and Supplies and Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation.
Other ministries presenting their progress reports were
Education, Science and Technology; Health and Population; Women, Children and Senior Citizen; Youth and Sports; Federal Affairs and General
Administration; Foreign Affairs; Defence, and Home Affairs.
Spokesperson for the OPMCM Binod Bahadur Kunwar said rest of the ministries,
including Finance; Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs; Labour, Employment and Social Security, as well as National Planning Commission
and National Reconstruction Authority will present their reports tomorrow.
According to Minister of Communications and Information
Technology Gokul Baskota, the meeting discussed targets of the ministries and their achievements during the ongoing fiscal year
&Targets for the upcoming fiscal year will be set on the basis of the outcome of this meeting,& he told THT
Baskota also said PM Oli would give necessary directions to the ministries at the end of the meeting, tomorrow.
The review meeting comes at
a time when the government and its ministries are facing wide criticism for their failure to deliver services
The government has also been surrounded by various controversies, with the latest one regarding its decision to revoke lab test of imported
fruits and vegetables for pesticides, at border points.
There have been speculations that PM Oli is not happy with the performance of its
ministers and that he is considering a cabinet reshuffle after the performance review meeting
Oli displeasure over the performance of the government is also manifested by his comments at public functions
He said at a programme today that he was not informed about a letter from the Indian embassy, requesting the Government of Nepal to roll
back its decision to lab-test on imported fruits and vegetables at border points.
A government secretary present in today meeting said
almost all ministries in their presentations showed good progress, and PM Oli was not as disappointed as he observed the presentation
&How he felt will be known at the end of the meeting when he issues directives to ministries tomorrow,& the secretary said.
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