Kathmandu, April 25 -- The government's policies and programmes will be presented in the federal parliament on May 2, which will be followed by pre-budget discussions.

As per the 15-day calendar for the budget session endorsed on Friday, President Ramchandra Paudel will present the government's policies and programmes to a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly on May 2. The budget session commenced on Friday.

Discussions over the policy and programme will be held for five days, commencing on May 5.

On May 11, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will answer the questions raised over the policies. He will also take questions from lawmakers as part of a regular question-and-answer session the same day, according...