Kathmandu,
The Economic Social and Cultural Rights national network of Civil Society Organization submitted a Recommendation Report on the budget of FY 2080/81 to a member of the National Planning Commission Dr. Jayakant Raut. Behalf of network delegates of JURI and Jagaran Media Centre were present while submitting the report. Dr. Raut praised that receiving the report on behalf of the intellectual network certainly bears importance which assists in formulating policy and budgets conducive to Dalit and marginalized communities.
The report has recommended resolving the gap between private and public education systems, acknowledging the role of civil society through policy and program, hastening the process of transitional justice, controlling price hiking, ensuring good governance, involvement of citizens in the planning process, and allotment of budget in three tiers of government considering the gender and social inclusion aspects.
While presenting the report to Dr. Raut, delegates emphasized executing the planned gender-responsive budget, formulating and amending the necessary legal parameters to regard the rights of marginalized sections, instructing local levels for arranging budget for adverse climatic results and formulation of plans at the local level that contributes for human development.
While citing the report delegates said that the goals, objectives, and principles of sustainable development goal 2030 should be achieved reflecting in the budget of 2080-81 focusing on economic prosperity, and ending discrimination, inequality, and extreme poverty. Further, they underlined the importance of good governance, effective public service delivery, supporting social entrepreneurship and social accountability in the business sector, adopting steps to avoid economic losses, and tackling adverse social changes.
