FinMin Sharma stresses need for auditing national assets to improve economy

Kathmandu / May 3: Minister for Finance, Janardan Sharma has said that there is a need to audit the national assets of the country.

Speaking at a program organized on the forest national assembly of accountant professionals 2022 by Institute of Chartered Accountants, Minister Sharma stressed the need for auditing the national assets of the country. He said that the nation’s wealth should be assessed by conducting audits in different parts of the country.

Stating that the time has come to audit the value of mountains, plains, hills, rivers, waterfalls, laborers and young majority workers in the country, Minister Sharma urged the auditors to start making an audit report. He said that nation building could not be given a new direction without auditing such assets to safeguard the country’s national independence and make it self-reliant.

Finance Minister Sharma said that it was time to conduct an audit to find out the reasons why poverty has not ended in the country. Minister Sharma argued that poverty could not be eradicated without an audit of the country’s poverty.

Minister Sharma said that further challenges will increase if the trade deficit of the country is not audited. He also said that the country’s production and agricultural land should be audited as well.

Finance Minister Sharma also said that they are looking for errors made in the past audits as well and stressed that the audits should be done honestly and responsibly.