Finance Minister should take his family to get treatment in government hospitals: Lawmaker Shahi
बजेट व्यापारी पोस्न मात्रै ल्याउने होइन: सांसद शाही
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. Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) lawmaker Gyanendra Shahi has expressed his concern over the government’s decision to impose tax on medical expenses.
Participating in the discussion on the budget for the coming fiscal year in the House of Representatives on Thursday, Minister Khatiwada claimed that the provision related to the health sector would further weaken the access of the citizens to health.TAG_OPEN_div_18 He criticized the government for curtailing the scope and facilities of health insurance although health has been established as a fundamental right.
} “If you have an injury to your hand, it is not to cut off your hand, but to treat it,” Shahi said, adding that taxing the treatment cost is not for the private sector but for the patients in hospital beds. He urged Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle and his family members to go to the government hospitals for treatment by standing in queues, suggesting that only then should the government hospital be able to bear the burden of the general public.
Lawmaker Shahi also accused the government of making arrangements to benefit the imported medicines instead of encouraging the medicines produced in the country.TAG_OPEN_div_14 He also questioned the government’s priorities, saying the policy of facilitating foreign investment would increase the risk of Nepali capital outflow.
He also expressed dissatisfaction over the provision made in the budget for the agriculture sector.TAG_OPEN_div_12 According to him, the provision of providing up to 40 percent subsidy to agriculture and livestock industries with minimum initial capital of Rs 20 million would benefit a limited number of big investors rather than real farmers. “More than 97 per cent of the farmers in the country have a capital of less than Rs 20 million,” he said, adding, “We are preparing to distribute Rs 2.19 billion to the big investors who have access and not to the actual farmers.” ”
Shahi also commented that there was a contradiction between the government’s behavior and announcement on the energy policy.TAG_OPEN_div_10 Although the government claims to have adopted the policy of creating electricity-based economy by replacing petroleum products, in practice the use of clean energy has been discouraged by imposing additional tax on electricity consumption and additional charges on electric vehicles.
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