Inter-province chief ministers' conference commences

Biratnagar, Oct 13: The inter-province chief ministers' conference organized by the Koshi Province government kicked off here today. 

The Chief Ministers of Koshi Province, Hikmat Kumar Karki, Gandaki Province, Surendra Raj Pandey, Bagmati Province, Kiran Thapa Magar, Madhesh Province, Krishna Prasad Yadav, Lumbini Province, Chet Narayan Acharya, and Karnali Province, Mangal Bahadur Shahi collectively inaugurated the two-day conference here today.

The conference is expected to make the federal governance system more effective and strengthen cooperation, coordination, and collaboration between provinces, contributing significantly to the effective implementation of federalism based on cooperation, coexistence, and coordination as envisioned by the constitution.

Similarly, the organizer said discussion will be held during the conference on the experiences, successful practices, and shared challenges encountered during the practice and implementations by the provinces, effective use of constitutionally granted provincial powers, clarity of rights and responsibilities among the federal, provincial, and local levels, necessary legal and policy reforms, effective implementation of fiscal federalism, and utilization of provincial resources.

Taranath Niraula, Vice-Chair of the Koshi Province Planning Commission, said that the important objectives of the conference include identifying and implementing development projects and programmes of common interest between provinces, inter-provincial infrastructure development, facilitating trade and investment, fair use and benefit sharing of natural resources, and cooperation in disaster management.