KATHMANDU, MAY 8Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' asserted that the policies, programme and budget for the upcoming fiscal year would be introduced in a new manner. France presses China on trade and Ukraine ahead of upcoming Xi Jinping visit PM Dahal: End the situation of requesting budget without spending it Addressing the party cadres at Mulkot of Sunkoshi rural committee of CPN (Maoist Centre) today, PM Dahal, also Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre), claimed that the national economy had improved a lot since he held the reign of the government.

"Economy has improved a lot since I assumed the leadership of the government."PM Dahal said that upcoming policy, programme and budget would be formulated by targeting those lagging behind in economic index thereby laying the foundation of socialism. To make the government's upcoming policy and programme more people-oriented, he said that suggestions would be solicited from various parties.Furthermore, the Head of the Government said that the incumbent government had firmly taken forward the campaign for good-governance, social justice and prosperity, and had set a new record in the campaign of good-governance.According to him, the incumbent government had worked hard to deliver justice for loan shark victims, to control smuggling of gold and bring to book the culprits of Lalita Niwas land grab scam among others.He reaffirmed the commitment to continue with the pro-public works despite the fact that a few people did not like the reformative actions spearheaded by the government.On a different note, the PM mentioned that the incumbent government had promoted Nepal's relations with international communities in a balanced manner and diplomatic relations of Nepal with other countries were further becoming stronger with the exchange of high-level visits in the recent days.Present in the programme were Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation and CPN (Maoist Centre) Deputy General-Secretary Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Member of Parliament from Sindhuli district, LekhnathDahal, party leader and former Minister Haribol Gajurel and Bagmati Province Assembly member Yuwaraj Chaulagain, among others. .

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