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(1) to protect, promote, and make environmental friendly and
sustainable use of, natural resources available in the country, in
consonance with national interest and adopting the concept of
inter-generational e quity, and make equitable distribution of
fruits, according priority and preferential right to the local
communities,
(2) to make multi -purpose development of water resources, while
according priority to domestic investment based on public
participation,
(3) to ensure reliable supply of energy in an affordable and easy
manner, and make proper use of energy, for the fulfilment of the
basic needs of citizens , by generating and developing renewable
energy,
(4) to develop sustainable and reliable irrigation by making control
of water -induced disasters, and river management,
(5) to conserve, promote, and make sustainable use of, forests,
wildlife, birds, vegetation and bio -diversity, by mitigating
possible risks to environment from industrial and physical
develop ment, while raising awareness of general public about
environment cleanliness,
(6) to maintain the forest area in necessary lands for ecological
balance,
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(7) to adopt appropriate measures to abolish or mitigate existing or
possible adverse environmental im pacts on the nature,
environment or biological diversity,
(8) to pursue the principles of environmental ly sustainable
development such as the principles of polluter pays , of
precaution in environmental protection and of prior informed
consent.
(9) to make advance warning, preparedness, rescue, relief and
rehabilitation in order to mitigate risks from natural disasters.
(h) Policies relating to basic needs of the c itizens :
(1) to prepare human resources that are competent, competitive,
ethical, and dev oted to national interests, while making education
scientific, technical, vocational , empirical, employment and
people -oriented,
(2) to make private sector investment made in education service -
oriented by regulating and managing such investment, while
enha ncing the State's investment in the education sector ,
(3) to make higher education easy, qualitative and accessible, and
free gradually,
(4) to establish and promote community information centres and
libraries for the personality development of citizens,
(5) to keep on enhancing investment necessary in the public health
sector by the State in order to make the citizens healthy,
(6) to ensure easy, convenient and equal access of all to quality
health services,
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(7) to protect and promote health systems including Ayurveda , as a
traditional medical system of Nepal, natural therapy and
homeopathy system,
(8) to make private sector investment in the health sector service -
oriented by regulating and managing such investment, while
enhanci ng the State's investment in this sector,
(9) to focus on health research and keep on increasing the number of
health institutions and health workers in order to make health
services widely available and qualitative,
(10) to increase average life expectancy by reducing maternal and
infant mortality rate, while encouraging family planning for
population management on the basis of Nepal's capacity and
need ,
(11) to manage unplanned settlement and develop planned and
systematic settlement,
(12) to provide for sustainable production, supplies, storage, security,
and easy and effective distribution of foods by encouraging food
production in tune with climate and soil, in consonance with the
concept of food sovereignty , while enhancing investment in the
agriculture sector ,
(13) to ensure planned supply system by according special priority to
the remote and backward regions, while ensuring equal access of
all citizens to basic goods and services,
(14) to enhance investment in the transportation sector, while ensuring
simple, easy and equal access of the citizens to transportation
facilities , and to make the transportation sector safe, systematic
and persons with disabilities friendly by encouraging public
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transportation and regulating private transporta tion, while
according priority to the environment friendly technologies,
(15) to arrange for access to medical treatment while ensuring
citizen's health insurance.
(i) Policies relating to labo ur and employment :
(1) to make competent and professional the labour force that has
remained as the main socio -economic strength of the country and
enhance employment within the country, while ensuring a
situation enabling all to work,
(2) to guarantee social security, while ensuring the basic rights of all
labou rs, in consonance with the concept of decent labour,
(3) to abolish all forms of labour exploitation including child labour,
(4) to encourage participation of labours in management, while
maintain cordial relations between the labours and entrepreneurs,
(5) to regulate and manage the sector in order to make foreign
employment free from exploitation, safe and systematic and to
guarantee employment and rights of the labours,
(6) to encourage to mobilize the capital, skills, technology and
experience gained from foreign employment in productive
sectors in the country .
(j) Policies relating to social justice and inclusion :
(1) to keep on making appropriate arrangements for the livelihood s