Kathmandu, December 16:

Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai today directed secretaries to be more result-oriented than pro-cess-oriented. “Bureaucracy should change old mi-nd-set and be more result-oriented,” he said directing the secretaries today.

The first finance minister of the Democratic Republic of Nepal Bhattaria also requested the senior officials to complete the stipulated works within the set time frame for the better service delivery.

Though revenue collection — that exceeding the target — is satisfactory, the development expenditure is negligible, he reminded the bureaucrats. Out of the total expenditure, only Rs 47 billion — that is only 22 per cent of the total allocation — has been spent.

“The budget itself was announced late and if we donot seriously maintain the time frame, the allocated development expenditure would be wasted,” one of the chief ideologues of the Maoist party that is leading the country said, adding that the budgetary allocation cannot be changed. He also showed dissatisfaction over the delay in passing the programmes from National Planning Commission. “The programmes should have been passed within October,” the rebel-turned-minister said.

The finance secretary (revenue) Krishnahari Baskota presented pro-gress report in the meeting.

Bhatta for law amendment:

KATHMANDU: Lekhraj Bhatta, minister for Labour and Transport Management, speaking at a press meet organised by the ministry and Safe Migration on the occasion of 18th International Migration Day here today said the ministry was planning to amend the existing laws and regulations to utilize the remittance and curb the malpractices and fraudulent activities in the foreign employment. He also said that tussle between industrialists and labour is evident but it should be resolved through dialogue. “We is doing our best to help open industries.” — HNS