Govt calls stakeholders for ideas on economic recovery after Covid-19

Kathmandu, April 28

The government has called stakeholders to communicate their ideas and suggestions on how the country can recover the economic loss of the Covid-19 crisis.

The government has recently assigned the National Planning Commission to study the impact of the crisis on economic, social, and other sectors and prepare policies and strategies to recover. Accordingly, the commission has asked the experts to provide their suggestions.

The commission has communicated with various associations and organisations, government agencies, private sector bodies, non-government agencies, experts, and intellectuals among others to submit their feedback by May 12.

Considering the feedback to be received from the stakeholders, the government is planning to introduce programmes in the next year’s annual budget plan. The government will announce the plan on May 28 as per the constitutional provision.

The commission says it has concluded all other discussions needed for the budget planning and it is now focused on designing the post-Covid-19 need assessment.