KATHMANDU: Discussions were held on various ministries and agencies during the discussion on the Appropriation Bill in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives.

Discussions were held on various headings of the Ministries of Science, Technology and Innovation, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Infrastructure Development, Home, Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Defense, and the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Secretariat of the National Planning Commission, the Office of the Vice President, and the Office of the President.

In the meeting, MPs Nitima Bhandari (Karki), Pukar Bam, Ram Lama, Badan Kumar Bhandari, Ankita Thakur, Buddhi Prasad Pant, Dhanendra Karki, Sushant Vaidik, Sulabh Kharel, and Smriti Century expressed their views on the ministry-specific titles.

The meeting also passed a condolence resolution over the death of former member of the House of Representatives, Mangal Prasad Gupta.

The House of Representatives will meet again at 11:00 am on Wednesday, where the concerned ministers are scheduled to respond to the questions raised under ministry-specific headings of the Appropriation Bill.