Kathmandu. The government has withdrawn from the 3 percent parity tax levied in the private education and health sectors.
Prime Minister Balen Shah posted a status on his Facebook page. “It has been decided not to apply the education parity fee and health parity fee for the time being after consultation with Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle,” the Prime Minister wrote in the message.
“This government is a people-oriented government formed with people’s trust and expectation,” Shah said. “Our main objective is to ensure a quality of life to all citizens by maintaining good governance,” he said.
According to him, the objective of the 3 percent equality tax is to provide good education and health services to the people of remote and backward areas, to support Dalit, marginalized and disadvantaged children, to expand health insurance and to mobilize financial resources for this. “At the same time, there was also a goal to make the economy more systematic by expanding the tax net,” he wrote, “But the reaction to the parity tax seen at the civic level has drawn the government’s serious attention.” Our commitment to move forward listening to people’s demands and building an equitable society is unwavering and clear. ’
“All decisions of the government have been made keeping the interest of the citizens at the centre,” he said. “The government is always ready to revise and revise any decision if the citizens are dissatisfied with it,” he said.
“The government is committed to implementing the policy of providing 10 per cent beds in private hospitals and 10 per cent seats in private colleges and universities in a transparent and just manner so that poor and poor people can get quality education and health services,” he said.
