Frail local governance: Old administration ways to blame The dismal state of local governments can be partly attributed to the restructuring exercise of the bureaucratic apparatus after the 2017 local level election, which failed to see the heterogeneous socio-economic needs of local polities Three... 28 Sep, 2020
Govt aims to lower power leakage to 17 per cent KATHMANDU: The government has planned to limit power leakage to around 17 per cent within three years. As per the Mid-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) recently prepared by the National Planning Commission (NPC), the target is set to slash... 25 Oct, 2018
Provincial budget to be presented today Kathmandu, June 14 The provincial governments will present their provincial budget for fiscal year 2018-19 on Friday in their respective provincial assemblies. As per the provision of the Intergovernmental Fiscal Management Act, the provincial... 15 Jun, 2018
Chest physiotherapy effective for patients with COPD, studies show Kathmandu, June 1 Studies have shown that chest physical therapy can help the patients with the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease live a long and quality life. A three-year-long research conducted by Society for Local Integrated Development... Horoscopes 02 Jun, 2018
FinMin bats for robust public sector accounting Kathmandu, May 12 Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada has said that he is committed to keeping discipline in public finance citing that public entities should be more transparent and create value for taxpayers’ money. Addressing the Public... 13 May, 2018
�Performance based evaluation of delivery mechanisms must' The government has deferred its plan to graduate to league of developing nations for next three years, as per capita income is lower than required threshold. Being a low income country compounded with low investment in human capital, lack of... 07 May, 2018
Budget formulation in limbo with NPC vice-chair post vacant Delay in appointment of vice-chairman of National Planning Commission (NPC) — the apex planning body of the government — has hampered the groundwork for budget formulation of the federal government. The federal government must submit the budget... 06 Mar, 2018
Provinces receive budget formulation guidelines Kathmandu, February 21 The provincial administrations have been given guidance for preparing the budget as the provinces have recently been formed following the recently held provincial assembly election and the schedule to present the budget... 22 Feb, 2018
NPC to start planning budget for three fiscals from next week Kathmandu, December 3 The National Planning Commission (NPC) — the country’s apex planning body — will begin cost estimation of the programmes that have been submitted by the ministries for next three fiscal years to frame the medium term... 04 Dec, 2017
Ministries urged to submit three-year plans Kathmandu, November 26 The National Planning Commission (NPC) has urged all the ministries to submit their set plans of the next fiscal along with the tentative plans for the next two consecutive fiscal years following the coming fiscal 2018-19 by... 27 Nov, 2017
National budget : Support education through internal revenue The government is now preparing the national budget for 2007-08. It must be hard for the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to allocate the limited resources to satisfy the needs of every sector. In the context of dismal economic growth in the last five years,... 17 Jun, 2007
BUDGET : Thinking trade. Surviving on aid Kathmandu, July 3 :The time-honored practice of asking for aid from developed nations by ‘developing and least developed countries’ is gradually being replaced by the increased globalisation and integration of economies.Aid recipients are usually... 03 Jul, 2006
