Budget utilisation reaches 59.75 percent by Baisakh end

Government budget expenditure has reached nearly 60 percent of the total allocation in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2025/26, according to the Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO).

Opinion 15 May, 2026

Development spending reaches only 19% in eight months

The federal government has spent only around 19 percent of its capital (development) budget in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, reflecting continued weak development expenditure.

Business 15 Mar, 2026

Govt spends just 15.62% of capital budget in seven months

The government has spent just 15.62 per cent of its capital budget in the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2082/83, according to data from the Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO).

Business 13 Feb, 2026

Development spending shrinks to 29pc in third quarter

The government’s development expenditure has remained sluggish, reaching only 29.2 percent of the annual target by the third quarter of the current fiscal year 2024/25.

Business 14 Apr, 2025

Govt total expenditure stands at Rs 667.60 billion in last six months

The total expenditure of the Government of Nepal stood at Rs.667.60 billion during six months of FY 2024/25.

Business 04 Feb, 2025

Revenue collection exceeds govt expenditure

​​​​​​​The government spending in the first two months of the current fiscal year remained 7.49 per cent of the total allocation.

Business 19 Sep, 2023

Government's expenditure surpasses income

Fiscal deficit is going up as revenue collection is minimal in comparison to the public expenditure.

Business 16 May, 2023

Capex at below 30 per cent in nine months

The government’s capital expenditure continued to remain sluggish in the first nine months of the current fiscal year at Rs 107 billion of the total annual allocation of Rs 380.38 billion under the capital budget heading.

Business 15 Apr, 2023

Capital expenditure at less than 15pc in H1

The government’s capital expenditure continued to be sluggish in the first six months of the current fiscal at 14.05 per cent or Rs 53.455 billion of the total annual allocation of Rs 380.38 billion under the capital budget heading.

Business 17 Jan, 2023

Capex at below 5pc in first three months of FY

The government’s capital expenditure continued to be sluggish in the first three months of the current fiscal at 4.91 per cent or Rs 18 billion of the total annual allocation of Rs 380.38 billion under the capital budget heading.

Business 13 Oct, 2022

Banks deposits go up as capex accelerates

With the surge in government expenditure and uptick in remittance, commercial banks witnessed sudden growth of deposits between June 17 and July 8.

Kathmandu 13 Jul, 2022

EDITORIAL: Perennial problem

When the new constitution was promulgated by the second Constituent Assembly on September 20, 2015, all the political parties had agreed that the fiscal budget should be presented on Jestha 15, two months before the end of the fiscal year.

Opinion 12 Jul, 2022