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Parliament Secretariat, Income Tax Bills approved

Kathmandu, Sept. 28 (RSS): The House of Representatives passed the Parliament Secretariat Bill, 2058 today.

Prime Minister and Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sher Bahadur Deuba had presented a proposal seeking the passage of the bill.

The meeting also passed the insurance (second amendment) Bill, 2058 and the Income Tax Bill, 2058.

At the meeting, Prime Minister and Minister for General Administration Sher Bahadur Deuba presented the 42nd Annual Report of the Public Service Commission and the annual report of the attorney general for the year 2056/57 and the 38th Annual Report of the auditor general on behalf of the Finance Minister.

Chairman of the Finance Committee Smriti Narayan Chaudhary presented a report on the bill for recovery of loans of banks and financial institutions.

Today's meeting also passed a proposal seeking consideration on the National Education Commission presented by Minister for Education and Sports Amod Prasad Upadhyay.

Responding to questions on the occasion, Minister Upadhyay said the bill was brought for policy reforms in the education system from the primary to the higher level.

Taking part in the discussions were CPN-UML's Dr Mangal Siddhi Manandhar and Shankarnath Sharma Adhikari.

The House will meet at 11 am on October 1.

Meanwhile, speaking at the House of Representatives during special time today, Govind Raj Joshi of the Nepali Congress said that the government-Maoist talks have raised hopes that the people will be allowed to lead a normal life.

Stating that total peace means handover of all the weapons by the Maoists and restoration of law and order in the country, Joshi observed that as promised in the talks the government has released the Maoist workers gradually and withdrawn pending cases against them, but the Maoists against the agreement are collecting donations forcibly, kidnapping political workers and disrupting peace.

He also expressed fears that the talks would be used as a means to fulfill one's interests.

NC's Tanka Prasad Rai expressed deep shock over the death of the four members including Bimala Rai and Kamala Rai of a family in a village in Sankhuwasabha district and demanded that the government provide relief to the victim's families.

Strongly denouncing the killing of a woman on charge of witchcraft in Mahottari district and speaking of the need to bring about public awareness to remove superstitions, Mr Rai urged the government to pay serious attention to the growing activities of the Maoists like collecting forced donations, beatings, lootings, etc.

Gokarnaraj Bista of the CPN (UML) expressed grief over the loss of life and property in America on Sept 11 and said though voices being raised against terrorism are appropriate, the way the actions are being taken at present are serious in nature.

Stating that the rumor that Nepal is going to provide its land for use to the US troops is highly objectionable, Bista wondered if Nepal is attacked by terrorists for having kept the American troops, what our situation would likely to be.

Netralal Shrestha of RPP expressed the view that the yesterday's Supreme Court verdict is likely to bring about a chasm between the judiciary and the executive and spoke of the need for the parliament to become serious about this.

Gorakh Bahadur Bogati of the CPN (UML) protested against the appointment of a junior third class officer as officiating district education officer in Humla district and said activities of the national cadet corps are not so effective. Bogati also spoke of the need to provide drinking water to the people, irrigation and not to reduce the number of additional post offices in remote districts.

Tara Sam Yangya of the same party observed that it is because of feudal thinking that women are still forced to lose their lives on charge of witchcraft and discriminations against women in education and other economic activities still exist.

Meanwhile, as commanded by His Majesty the King, Minister for Works and Physical Planning Chiranjibi Wagley, on behalf of the Prime Minister and Minister for General Administration and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, presented at the meeting of the National Assembly today the 42nd Annual Report-2000/01 of the Public Service Commission and the Attorney General's Annual Report for fiscal year1999/2000 while Finance Minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat presented the auditor general's 38th annual report-2001.

The Parliament Secretariat Bill-2058 B.S. approved by the House of Representatives was tabled at the meeting.

The National Assembly will meet again at 11:00 am on Sept. 30:

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