KATHMANDU, NOV 10 - In a bid to fulfill the commitments made in the budget, government has drafted a bill proposing to make the public and semi-public institutions responsible for their transparent economic activities.
According to the bill to ensure transparency in the public sector, the governmental and semi-governmental institutions will have to publish public notice while allowing exemption of revenues, calling sealed quotations or tenders and announcing public auctions.
The bill drafted by the Law Reform Commission also proposes transparency through public notice while granting compensations. The government, as per the spirit of the bill, will have to give written justification in case it fails to deliver immediate public service.
Inaugurating the discussion programme on the proposed bill here on Sunday, Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani said that transparency was necessary to check corruption further adding that the proposed bill would be instrumental in corruption control. Lohani also added that the draft of the bill was an attempt to materialise the government’s commitment expressed in the current budget that highlighted to make legal arrangements to ensure transparency.
Addressing the programme Auditor General Gehendra Nath Adhikari opined that all the activities of the government, except those relating to national security and other sensitive matters, were necessary to make transparent. "Transparency in economic activities will avoid all sorts of economic irregularities," he said.
Dr, Mohan Man Sainju, Vice-president of the Poverty Alleviation Fund, said that at a time when the country is badly missing the good-governance, the proposed bill would be a step towards ensuring good-governance.Posted on: 2003-11-09 10:07

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