BIRATNAGAR, June 1: Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, has said that the country’s economic growth rate will touch an eight percent next year.

Speaking at a joint press meet organized by the Press Chautari and Press Center, Morang on Friday, the Home Minister expressed his hope that the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2018/19 presented by the government recently would help bring development and prosperity in the country and give its way for attaining double-digit economic growth by the next couple of years.

Stating that high inflation regarding some goods was due to the international market not because of the domestic market, he said the government was committed to controlling black marketing.

He argued that the central government had allocated sufficient budget to the province governments, he promised actions for those contractors responsible for delays in development projects.

In his reply to query about the smuggling of gold from Tribhuvan International Airport, he said, “Investigations into the matter are underway and the government will leave no stone unturned to bring criminals to book.”

He assured of ending of syndicate in every sectors: education, health, construction and agriculture and providing quality goods and services to the people on the basis of healthy competition.

He had claimed that the unification between the then CPN-UML and CPN ( Maoist Center) to form the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) will be turn a meaningful to bring development and prosperity in the nation. RSS

BIRATNAGAR, June 22: Minister for Home Affairs, Janardan Sharma, has said that it was the responsibility of the government to hold the election in a fearless environment.

Inaugurating a Regional Security Seminar of province no 1 at Biratnagar amidst a function on Thursday, Home Minister Sharma said that the role of local level election was significant for constitution implementation.

He said a federal administrative model should now be built in the country and added that the government has forwarded necessary process to formulate different acts and laws and to amend some existing laws.

Saying rights of the people would be established, political problems would be resolved and the country would head towards the path of economic prosperity after the local level election, Minister Sharma expressed belief that political stability would be established in the country.

The Home Minister said that the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and Biplav group have participated in the election at some places as independent candidates, saying all most all parties have participated in the second round of the local level election.

Similarly, Chief of Peace and Security Division of the Home Ministry, Deepak Kafle shed light on the objectives of the seminar.

The seminar was organized with an objective of sharing information by office-bearers of security bodies regarding the policy adopted by the security bodies in view of the local-level election-2074 and preparing necessary strategy where Inspector General of Police, Prakash Aryal, Inspector General of Armed Police Force, Singha Bahadur Shrestha, Chief of General Staff of Nepal Army, Baldev Raj Mahat, Chief Investigation Director Dilendra Raj Regmi and Regional Administrative eastern region, Rajeshworman Singh were present.

Similarly, Chief District Officer, office-bearers of the security bodies including Superintendent of Police of 14 districts of province no 1 also participated in the seminar. RSS