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 Bangladeshi Ambassador pays courtesy call on Speaker Aryal Germany to provide 37.6 million Euro for Nepal’s socio-economic development Nepal reassures India over border remarks but domestic political fallout… No parking fees required for ‘pick and drop’ for 15… ‘Promotion of Ayurveda, Yoga and meditation along with modern medicine… Government initiates revising school level national curriculum framework Top Headlines Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested4 We will return the savings of cooperative victims within 100 days : Rabi Lamichhane5 Two Offices Under Ministry of Communication to Be Abolished6 Court Orders Release of UML Rekha Sharma7 Nepali Congress provides financial assistance for Samba’s treatment8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector The Role of the Nepalese Army in Strategic Road Projects A phone call that paved the way for RAW Chief’s visit to Nepal What role has the Nepal Army been playing in controlling the coronavirus? National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more UPAYA CITY CARGO LAUNCHES Version 3.0 Army Day : Five facts about Nepal’s ‘blue helmets’ in UN-peacekeeping missions We need to be serious about the international scenario post-Covid: Dr. Nischal N. Pandey
