Place women-led industries in priority: PM Prachanda; instructs not close schools during his programmes

Kathmandu / Dec 2: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has given the directives to prioritise the women-run industries stressing that the structure of the government needs to change as per the change in the politics of the country.

Addressing the discussion programme organized by the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, on Tuesday afternoon, with the Minister, Secretaries and officers of the Minsitry, the PM, said, “The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens is a delicate ministry. This should have been prioritized, but, we have failed to do so. Therefore, reshuffle is needed in such a way that this ministry will be prioritized.”

The PM said, “The rights of the women can be ensured only if women are made financially independent. For that, policies that prioritize women, policies that put priority to women-led industries and businesses should be implemented.”

PM Prachanda instructs not to declare public holiday on the programmes he is attending

In another incident, Prime Minister Prachanda has instructed the concerned authority not to announce public holiday for any public programme he would be attending in coming days and not to allow participation of children in the programme.

PM Prachanda’s direction came in the wake of the news report of Sunapati rural municipality in Ramechhap district declaring a public holiday for a programme that the PM would be attending on January 4, according to Govinda Acharya, PM’s Press Advisor.

Following the instruction of the PM, the rural municipality is also reported to have scrapped the public holiday declared for the same. RSS