Deputy ministers responded to the discussions of lawmakers over the proposals at the seventh-day meeting of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw at its building in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker submitted the documents on his official visit to Belarus from 20 to 23 October 2026, and on signing the memorandum of understanding between the two parliaments, the Hluttaw approved it.
The Speaker informed the Hluttaw about the proposal to rename the Ministry of Industry and Micro, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises and Business Development as the Ministry of Industry and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development. As such, he announced that the lawmakers wishing to discuss the changing of the ministry’s title can register with the director-general of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Office.
Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue U Kyaw Htin submitted a proposal to seek approval from the Hluttaw for further extension of the tax exemption for HSD (500 ppm) and LNG from 1 to 30 October. The Speaker urged the lawmakers wishing to discuss the tax exemption to register with the director-general of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Office.
Deputy Minister for Construction U Myo Myint submitted a proposal to grant the exemption for special tax over five vehicles imported for the Paletwa-Zorampur two-lane road construction project.
Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue U Kyaw Htin submitted that approval of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw be sought, in accordance with Section 37 of the 2026 Union Taxation Law, to grant an exemption from the Specific Goods Tax payable on five motor vehicles.
Deputy Minister U Han Win Aung for National Planning, Investment and Foreign Economic Relations then responded to the discussions of lawmakers and the findings and Report 1/2026 of the Joint Public Accounts Committee over the 2025-26 financial year national planning annual report. MP U Teza Kyaw from the Aungmyaythazan Constituency, who serves Second Vice-Chair of the Joint Public Accounts Committee, sought the approval from the Hluttaw over the report of the committee. The Hluttaw recorded the report.
Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Daw Than Than Lin also replied to the discussions of lawmakers, including the Report on the Findings and Observations of the Joint Public Accounts Committee on the Annual Report on the Budget for the 2025-2026 FY (Report 2/2026).
MP U Chit Swe from the Ayeyawady Region Constituency 10, First Vice-Chairman of the Joint Public Accounts Committee, submitted a motion calling on the Hluttaw to approve Report 2/2026 of the Committee. The Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw sought the approval of the Hluttaw, and as the motion was unanimously agreed to, announced its approval and stated that the Hluttaw had taken note of the Annual Report on the Budget for the 2025-2026 FY.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw will continue its seventh-day meeting on 3 November. — MNA/TTA
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