KATHMANDU: Chief Secretary Som Lal Subedi on Thursday issued directives to the newly elected local level representatives not to take any decision that could create financial liabilities without the sanction of the assemblies of the local levels.

Subedi told The Himalayan Times that the Ministry of Finance was preparing criteria for the local levels as per budgetary provisions and he wanted to the local level representatives to follow the criteria. “Local representatives can take decision as per the criteria of the Finance Ministry and with the sanction of the assemblies of their respective local levels,” Subedi said.

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