State-2 policy centred on COVID-19 prevention, agriculture and employment

Kathmandu - The State-2 government's policy and programmes for the fiscal year 2020/21 is centred on the prevention and control of the coronavirus pandemic and development of infrastructure, agriculture and employment sectors. State chief Tilak Pariyar had read out the policy and programmes in the State Assembly meeting here on Sunday. Before this, the Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut had handed over a copy of the state government's policy and programmes to the State chief.

The 48 pages long policy and programmes states that priority would be given to prevention and management of the coronavirus pandemic, the development of health infrastructures and promotion of agriculture and employment, among others. It maintains that special relief packages would be implemented for reducing the adverse impact of COVID-19 on the economy and people's livelihood. Similarly, it states that the relief being distributed through the local levels would be restructured.