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Dr Ram Baran Yadav presented the policies and programmes on behalf of
the Maoist-led government at the Constituent Assembly (CA) today. The policies
and programmes stresses on taking the peace process to a logical end
and writing a new democratic constitution within two years. The
document focuses on writing the statute coordinating with all political
parties within the specified time. President
Yadav said, “The government’s principal responsibility is to assist in
taking the peace process to a logical end, turning the socio-economic
transformation towards a progressive direction and writing the federal
democratic constitution, as per the people’s aspirations, within
specified time.” The
government has also put forwarded an ambitious target of increasing the
economic growth rate formulating a ‘transitional economic policy’,
along with the constitution-drafting process. To reach the goal, the
president said, the government would stress on judicious distribution
system, public-private partnership and infrastructure development. Likewise,
the government programmes include running peace campaign across the
nation to maintain political stability for the economic transformation.
For this, the coordination among the parties will be further expanded
to lessen reduce differences among the parties in local level. The
president further announced, “As per the provisions of the
Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA), a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
and another commission for the search of the disappeared and
publicising their whereabouts will be formed soon.” Regarding
the foreign policy, the government will emphasise on the ties with
neighbouring countries—India and China, and with other countries, the
economic diplomacy will be the focal point. In addition, the government will stress on other domestic issues as usual. The government will arrange a distribution system for the easy and smooth supply of daily essential commodities. Similarly,
the programmes emphasise on the institutional development of the
federal democratic republic, inviting the armed groups active in the
Terai for talks, implementation of the agreements made by the
government with various groups in the past and sorting out the issue of
PLA integration and rehabilitation within six months. President Yadav also announced that the salaries of the government employees will be increased. The government will now announce the fiscal budget to implement the programmes soon. | 
