गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Budget Speech: All to get anti-COVID-19 vaccines for free Nepal Budget Speech: All to get anti-COVID-19 vaccines for free KathmanduPati May 29, 2021 KATHMANDU – Reading out budget for the fiscal year 2021/22, Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Poudel has announced to ensure anti-COVID-19 vaccines to all citizens soon. For this purpose, the Minister said that Rs 26.75 billion has been allocated. Vaccination drive was in the priority as safeguarding people’s life was the government’s main goal, Minister Poduel said while reading out the budget. The government has already brought 1.1 million anti-COVID-19 vaccines from India and 800,000 jabs of anti-COVID-19 vaccines from the People’s Republic of China. Furthermore, China has announced to provide 1 million additional doses of vaccines in grant assistance following a telephone conversation between President Bidya Devi Bhandari and her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Write your comments RELATED NEWS South Korea pledges continued flood recovery support Central Bank introduces re-designed 50-rupee bank note Army continues search, rescue after Bhotekoshi flood Government expands domestic jobs to reduce migration NCC bill proposes voluntary Military Service Training WHO Regional Director seeks support for top post Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward6 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns7 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested8 TRENDING Police in Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province kill 25 terrorists in past 24 hours Consensus and collaboration needed for protection of nationality, democracy: PM Deuba Helicopter used to douse fire near Pathivara Temple Kathmandu Valley’s temperature plunges to 1.6 degree Celsius Budget Speech: All to get anti-COVID-19 vaccines for free Nepal and China issue Joint Statement PM Dahal meets cadres at Maoist Centre central office Joining electoral alliance is compulsion for LSP: Chair Thakur
