Government devises standard for national priority projects The government has prepared the standard for determining national priority projects. Business 26 Dec, 2022
�Change process of selecting projects� BAGMATI, NOVEMBER 29 Chief Minister of Bagmati Province Dormani Poudel today said work on various projects could not move ahead smoothly due to serious flaws in the process of selecting projects. In the first quarterly review of the current... Travel 30 Nov, 2020
Game-changer projects to be added to govt project basket Kathmandu, December 21 With an aim to enhance the country’s economy, the government has started to list mega ‘game-changer’ projects in its project basket. In the beginning of the fiscal year, the National Planning Commission (NPC) had... 22 Dec, 2019
EDITORIAL: A long wait Could the government be buying time and hoping that, with the passage of time, people would forget about the incident altogether? The government has formed yet another technical team to see if the culprit behind the Nirmala rape case can be... 26 Sep, 2019
PR lawmakers accuse govt of discriminating against them Kathmandu, February 20 Nepali Congress lawmaker Uma Regmi, who was elected through the proportional representation electoral system, today tore the operation manual related to Implementation of Local Infrastructure Development Partnership... Travel 21 Feb, 2019
Lawmakers can spend Rs 40 million in their constituencies Kathmandu, October 6 Members of Parliament will be able to spend Rs 40 million annually from government coffers for development projects in their electoral districts, albeit through local levels. There are 165 first-past-the-post constituencies... Travel 07 Oct, 2018
PM Oli, ministers question NPC�s role Kathmandu, September 15 The role of the National Planning Commission has been questioned after national pride projects failed to gain momentum. During the 43rd meet of the national development problems solution committee, the prime minister and... Travel 16 Sep, 2018
In Trump�s first year, US agency doubles solar investments abroad LOS ANGELES: The United States government doubled its financial support for solar power projects overseas during President Donald Trump's first year in office under a climate-friendly investment policy inherited from the Obama administration,... Women 15 Feb, 2018
Challenges in budget implementation Selection and allocation are critical in determining if budget is implementable Kathmandu, January 4 Half-way through the fiscal year calendar, the government has spent only 22.54 per cent of the total budget of Rs 1,048.92 billion. The... 05 Jan, 2017
�Finance Ministry will introduce project bank soon� The Ministry of Finance has time and again sounded alarm bells over fragmentation of aid money. The latest Development Cooperation Report says each development partner operating in the country worked with eight government ministries or agencies on... 25 Jul, 2016
�Development budget being misused� Pokhara, July 17 Stakeholders today urged lawmakers to allocate budget for Constituency Infrastructure Development Plans selected by the district council on the basis of priority and in a transparent manner in Kaski. Speaking at an interaction... Travel 18 Jul, 2016
Projects flouting ECDP fund provision Phidim, June 16 Despite government provision that projects to be funded by the Electoral Constituency Development Programme should have been recommended by the concerned area council, the provision is being blatantly flouted in Panchthar. As a... Travel 17 Jun, 2016