No deadline for corruption prosecution: PM Oli

Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that the government is clear that any alleged cases of corruption can be investigated at any time and those found responsible for such wrongdoings will be held accountable.

Unveiling the government’s achievements in its first 100 hundred days amidst a special programme at the Singha Durbar-based Office of the Prime Ministers and Council of Ministers today, the head of government said legal actions have been launched against the misappropriation of cooperative funds on the same basis.

‘As of date, over 600 individuals have faced legal actions, and above 575 are in confinement,’ he said adding that the government is working on a draft to formulate the Cooperative Authority Act aimed at refunding the savings of cooperative members and establishing the Cooperative Loan Information Center and the Debt Recovery Tribunal.

According to Prime Minister Oli, the government is clear that the prevention of corruption and the establishment of good governance can’t be achieved ‘overnight’, they require systematic efforts, instead. He said the law is a guiding tool for the government to respond to corruption and combat it.

PM Oli said, ‘We have felt the pervasive culture of evading legal repercussions in cases of corruption, protecting corrupts and abettors of corruption, and spreading instability and anarchy in the nation.’

Similarly, during the address, he said the incumbent government is sensitive about addressing the concerns of farmers. He said this government has already cleared dues to 1.5 million dairy farmers. Earlier, the government allocated Rs 600 million for their payments.

Similarly, around 75,000 sugarcane farmers have also received their entitled subsidies, according to the PM. PM Oli added that the government in this period released Rs 800 million to the accounts of Nepal Insurance Authority to cover farmers’ insurance claims and paid Rs 6.75 billion to construction companies in this period.

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