KATHMANDU, JULY 19
Two-hundred-and-seven local levels are yet to present their estimates of income and expenditure (budget) for the fiscal 2021-22 within the stipulated date.
As per the constitution, the local levels should present the budget by the second week of Asar (mid-June to mid-July). The federal government is required to present its budget on Jestha 15, the province governments on the first of Asar and the local levels on 10 Asar. Of the 753 local levels, 546 have already unveiled their policy and programmes and the budget for the current fiscal year.
The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration said 30 of the 137 local levels in Province 1, 65 of the total 136 local levels in Madhes, 34 of the 119 local levels in Bagmati, nine out of the 85 in Gandaki, 25 of the 109 local levels in Lumbini Province, 19 of the 79 local levels in Karnali Province and 25 of the total 88 local levels in Sudurpaschim Province have not yet presented their budgets so far.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
