Prime Minister's commitment to advance inclusive development and governance transformation

Kathmandu. Prime Minister Sushila Karki has expressed her commitment to promote disability inclusive development and transformation of the governance system by prioritizing inclusion and leadership of people with disabilities in order to achieve the goal of sustainable development. She expressed this commitment in a greeting message issued today on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In the message, the Prime Minister said that the government is active for easy access to education, health, employment, participation, social security and resettlement of persons with disabilities.

The Prime Minister clarified in the message that it is the policy of the state to create a respectful and equitable living environment for all persons with disabilities by prioritizing service facilities for persons with disabilities based on the economic (social) condition of the persons with disabilities and the severity of the disability.
In her message, she mentioned that it is the need of the day to create a comfortable, accessible and respectful environment for people with all kinds of disabilities by removing all the physical, visual, communication, and legal barriers faced by people with disabilities.

The Prime Minister has expressed the belief that the joint efforts of all three levels of government can achieve the desired results in the employment and self-employment programs including disability prevention and rehabilitation for the independent and self-sufficient life of people with disabilities.