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Do you agree that the government had no alternative but to raise fuel prices?

READ TILL END: Government had 2 alternative to subsadize fuel price (a) Price Hike (b) Subsidity. If government had selected option (b), it had to increase the TAX to collect the subsidy amount from people. At present, senior leaders are in favor of subisidy but I'm not. If government will provide subsidy then the price will not increase but government has to collect that amount from other sources like TAX, which means that general people will give subsidy to own consumption as well as industrial consumption. This won't be fair I think. Instead of imposing TAX government imposed 'as use basis' scheme and it is the best way. May be price hike is being a good slogan for all but financially it is in favor of people. If you do not agree then assume that the government increases 1% VAT in all items and deduct price of petroleum to previous rate, in this case also people will have to pay more than current growth. COMMENTS are WELCOME

Good analysis from the ID no.1 I also agree that it is good to increase the price. We can not see the immediate effect but also have to consider the long term effect of nation and it's people. Well, what government can do is to arrest corrupt and unable officials from the oil corporation and replace with more efficient management personals so that the corporation will not have to face similar problem in the future.

There is no consistancy upon the government reasons on hiking the price. Some time they say it is due smugling problem and sometime flutuation on global scale and some time due to security reason ???? Being PM, he should not have true answer? Often and often he and his attandants are changing the voice. If he is really wanted to restore the peace in the country he should have courage to have dialogue with Moist, rather to alligned with monarch and follow the process of torturing the people with economic weapons

This price increase is to prevent the corrupt staff and management. In my opinion the business should be based on perfect competition. So the private or public should also get a chance to do business.

It may be that there was no alternative other than raising the price of petroleum product but the good reason given by the honorable Prime Minister of Nepal seems funny. It is vigilant that his crew, so called democratic government, doesn't have vision to tackle the ongoing crisis of Nepal. For this price hike, the government could have given a genuine reason. Instead, Prime Minister reasoned the price hike was to meet security expenditure. Will it not be wise to bring Maoists back to table for negotiation and divert the money for the peace settlement? The battle will only bring economic crisis and we may someday have to wonder for the existence of our Motherland. May peace prevail in our homeland.

Government has it own responsibility.If they can't do any thing then they shouldn't be there to occupy the post.They should discuss about his issue with others political parties and organisations.Other thing why they increased allowance for them?can they justify it?Don't they think it make people to live difficult?

Janata ko k kura garne they are like a pendulum. They can not decide what they are doing and what is the impact of their action. Here I remember a saying "Crowd is always wrong, Wise moves alone".

The price hike on fuel products should be guided by the international norms. When int'l price goes on it should be increased and when goes down , it should go down. Unfortunately our prices are guided by the Indian fuil pricing system. However, we have to consider other alternatives. Among all the fuel items diseal and kerosine have direct impact on general people because when the price on diesal goen on, the prices of other comodities also get effected and rises. When kerosine is expensive people have no other choices and it directly affects the pressure on our forest and we may degrade the inviornment. First of all, there should be a clean and competitive management in Nepal Oil Corporation. Also, for the better and smooth supply of the fuel, private sector must be involved in the process to end the monopoly. What we are facing today is not new one. We have fuel escarcity time and again. So, there must be better distribution system with quality products.Different political parties are politicising this problem for their political will. When we pile the problems we may face worse situation in the long run. No body can spend more than earning. In the same way, government like ours cannot subsidise all the products. Its' just a case to divert the situation from maoist problem, which is ongoing for more than 9 years. First of all we must solve maoist problem and rest latter.

no the goverment i quiting fromits main responsibilites.we the public pay the tax it is for that the goverment can give the consideration on heath, edu,n other but from all part it has washed its hand n there was the only sector that we fil that it is conpensating in public demands now it also has finshed,now it is working as a bussiness man which is cruse for the poor nepali.

The price of fuel should be based on market prices of course. The government should not subsidize the price as the subsidy needs to be then covered by other government earnings. The revenue from a particular sector has to be re pumped into the same sector and thats how the economy grows and stabilizes. I can however favour cross subsidy but in the same area. E.g. the Govt can cross subsidize the cost of kerosene with that of gas as the people using gas are MOSTLY rich and can afford. It can also cross subsidy the cost of diesel with that of petrol or avaiation fuel. Thats how the deficit is appreciated. SIMPLE ECONOMICS!!! Mr. UML ministers (including the finance minister) you need to go to school again. The PM (pakoocha) is of course dumb and you can play with him like a puppet.