Meetings for the same will be held separately by the House of Representatives and National Assembly at the International Convention Center, New Baneshwar at 4 PM.

According to Parliament Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, the session will focus on the annual policies and programs of the government, besides the budget for FY 2019-20 and enactment of laws for the implementation of the Constitution.

As per government officials, the budget session will also focus on the formulation of new laws. This time, the government will dwell over upcoming policies and programs prior to the pre-budget discussion.

According to the Law Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, the government is going to register 22 new bills in the parliament during this session.

In the last fiscal year, 15 laws related to the fundamental rights were endorsed by the parliament during the budget session and even after it was rolled out.

It is estimated that around 55 bills will be tabled in the parliament, including those currently under discussion in the parliamentary committees and those already approved.

This year, the government plans to first unveil the budget and then implement the various laws.

Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress has opposed the government’s decision of unveiling the budget without holding pre-budget discussions.

“The government is unveiling its policies and programs immediately after the start of the House session. We have received information that the government is planning to hold pre-budget discussions then and unveil the budget. This is absolutely a move to bypass the people’s representatives and the House,” said NC Chief Whip Bal Krishna Khand.

Everyone in Nepal is looking forward to this budget session as they are eager to know what policies and programs the government will introduce as part of its anthem ‘Happy Nepalis, Prosperous Nepal’. The government’s policies and programs will be submitted on May 03, 3019.

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As the reports say, the two Houses of Federal Parliament have formally given their nod to 16 bills required to guarantee the constitution-defined fundamental rights, through suspension of the rules.

With this, the government has met the constitutional deadline on September 17, 2018, a day before the period set for passing pending bills i.e. September 18, 2018.

In order to meet the September 18, 2018 deadline, the time required to register amendments has also been cut down to 12 hours from the actual period of 72 hours, for timely authentication of the bills from the President.

The move followed three different meetings held at the National Assembly on September 16, 2018, to forward the bills to the Parliament, following which the House of Representatives endorsed all in a single meeting.

Nine of the endorsed bills were freshly-drafted, while seven of them underwent amendments to necessary provisions in the existing laws in line with the citizens’ fundamental rights.

Some of the Key Fundamental Rights Bills Endorsed Recently Include:

• Bill on Individual Privacy
• Bill on Public Security
• Racial Discrimination and Untouchability (offense and punishment, first amendment) Bill
• Bill related to Social Security
• Bill on Compulsory and Free Education
• Right to Food
• Bill on Right to Residence
• Land Bill
• Protection of the Victims of Crime and Rights of Children
• Environment Conservation and Rights of Disabled People
• Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights
• Public Health Bill
• Bill on Employment Rights
• Bill on Consumer Rights

Further, these laws will undergo authentication by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on September 18, 2018, after the Federal Parliament present the same to the Presidential Office by end of the day.

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The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs informed this to the Parliament on June 26, 2018.

As the reports say, the Ministry is planning to endorse a total of 110 new laws supporting the full-fledged implementation of the new Constitution by September 2018.

 “There are 110 laws that need to be enacted to ensure constitution implementation. Of them, 37 are yet to be drafted. Some of the issues will also be addressed by the Civil and Criminal Code that comes into force on August 17,” said the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sher Bahadur Tamang in a release.

Out of 110 laws, 73 have been drafted with some of them already endorsed and 37 laws are yet to be drafted with five of them still awaiting the addition of relevant rights.

The government is making moves to forward 25 of 73 drafted laws for Cabinet approval, which will further be endorsed in the Parliament.

“We have already issued theoretical approval to draft the laws to ministries, and the law ministry is continuously following up the issue with other ministries,” Tamang added.

The Law Ministry is expecting the other drafts by mid-July and is very serious about the set deadline.

 “If the ministries fail to complete the job within the given time frame, the Law Ministry may intervene or deploy additional human resources to expedite the drafting process,” says the Minister.

Constitutional Deadline Nearing…
In a move taking ahead the long-pending bills, the Government of Nepal has registered 16 out of 17 key bills pertaining to fundamental rights in the parliament on August 27, 2018.

The 17 new laws under consideration are going to make up the total 31 fundamental rights and duties as promulgated by Nepali Constitution.

Apart from these, ‘Right Against Torture’ is the only bill awaiting registration at the Parliament.

The latest move by the government comes in the wake of the constitutional deadline that mandates promulgation of all laws and bills before the midnight of September 19,2018, which otherwise will be ‘unaccepted’.

“There is only one fundamental law related bill registered in the Parliament. The government will register the remaining bills within some days,” Deputy-Spokesperson of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry Hum Bahadur KC said in a statement.

Some of the bills under process at the Parliament include: Right to Social Security, Right to Social Justice, Right Against Preventive Detention, Right of Victim Of Crime, Rights Of Child, Rights Of Women, Right To Clean Environment.

“The bills which were registered in the House are in the process of becoming laws,” informed Kesab Aryal, Deputy Spokesperson, Nepal Federal Parliament.

“Those bills registered in the Parliament were not drafted with proper discussion with related people. They should be discussed and corrected. It will be a disaster if the Parliament tries to fast-track the process. “These bills related to fundamental laws should not be passed without proper discussion,” comments opposition Nepali Congress lawmaker Gagan Thapa.

Now, it’s definitely a race-time for the government in view of the nearing deadline and growing critics from the opposition, before all the required laws are registered by the set deadline.

Meeting Constitutional Deadlines

Be it the timely local body polls,  followed by legislative elections, first parliamentary session and the formation of new government and recently, the announcement of Federal Budget for FY 2018-19, Nepal has been serious on meeting its new constitutional deadlines.

The latest decision by Nepal Government comes as part of its efforts to meet the constitutional provision, which mandates endorsement of all the laws by the midnight of September 18.

Moreover, there are also 375 old laws awaiting amendment to comply with the constitutional requirements.

As per the new constitutional provision, any law should be amended and endorsed within a year of the formation of the Federal Parliament, in absence of which, they will be deemed redundant.

To fulfil this urgency, the government has already commissioned a special panel to identify laws that need amendment.

“We need to do research to draft laws related to the rights of Dalits and women, right to employment and the right to shelter. Even if the study takes more time, we’ll make sure that the fundamental rights are ensured, and relevant details will be added through amendment at later stages. However, we will not miss the deadline,” affirms the Minister.

Meanwhile, regarding the laws pertaining to local and provincial bodies the government had already forwarded sample laws which are already under the process of enforcement.

Besides, the Law Ministry is planning to present the transitional justice bill in the Parliament.

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