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Government
looks for more loans as debt balloons : Borrowing from
World Bank and others is for capital expenditure and
distributive programmes but experts warn it cannot go
beyond 50 percent of GDP, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 24/08/2020)
Budget
for interest rate subsidies remains unspent as demand
for loans shrinks: Government also provides interest
subsidies for credit extended under the Youth
Self-Employment Programme, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 19/08/2020)
Plan
to call bids for all projects by mid-August fails:
Officials cite incomplete preparatory works, uncleared
past liabilities, and restrictions on movement due to
Covid-19 as reasons for delay, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 15/08/2020)
How
government scrambles to spend budget, by Nitish
Shrestha (kh 12/08/2020)
Finance
Ministry issues new guidelines to ensure better
capital expenditure: Government agencies taking up
development projects are required to invite tender
bids by mid-August and award contracts by mid-October,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/07/2020)
Government
capital expenditure reaches nearly 50 percent after a
last minute spending spree: Nearly half of the capital
budget has been spent after the Covid-19 outbreak,
followed by monsoon season, questioning the
effectiveness of the quality of works (kp
17/07/2020)
Budgeting
it right: Provincial governments’ appropriations lack
vision for ameliorating the social determinants of
health (kp 17/06/2020)
Capital
spending dismal at fag end of fiscal: Only 31
per cent development budget spent; Average expenditure
in previous years 60pc (ht 17/06/2020)
The
budget has failed to take advantage of a critical
juncture: The government has, once again, not been
able to enact structural change when afforded an
opportunity by the extraordinary circumstances, by
Chandan Sapkota (kp 03/06/2020)
Federal
Budget For Fiscal Year 2020, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (km 01/06/2020)
Even
ruling party leaders are not impressed with the
budget: Opposition party leaders say budget does not
address the challenges posed by Covid-19, by Anil
Giri (kp 01/06/2020)
Budget
fails to fund environmental issues, address
challenges, experts say: While the government has
increased tax on e-vehicles, backtracking on its
commitments, it has also paid little heed to the link
between public health and environment, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 30/05/2020), Former
finance ministers describe budget as traditional with
nothing new to offer: With more focus on managing
costs and cash flows, most of its goals are
challenging and difficult to achieve, they say, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/05/2020)
Despite
massive blow to economy from Covid-19, government aims
for 7 percent growth: The government’s target is
overly ambitious and unrealistic, say experts,
especially as the full impacts of the Covid-19
pandemic have yet to be felt, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 29/05/2020), Budget
size reduced by 3.8pc to Rs 1.47 trillion: Due
priority given to health, employment generation and
relief for crisis-hit businesses; Khatiwada sets 7pc
growth target for next fiscal, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht), Budget
announces significant tax exemptions of up to 75
percent for micro and small industries: The budget for
the upcoming fiscal year has sought to provide remedy
to industries affected by Covid-19, including tourism,
agriculture and small businesses, by Prithvi Man
Shrtestha (kp 29/05/2020), Health
sector gets 32 percent more budget compared to
previous year: Experts say that the budget will be
insufficient to deal with the pandemic and resume
regular services if the number of Covid-19 cases
surges past government estimates, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 29/05/2020), Nepal’s
budget: Not quite all there: Though the government
seems to have its heart in the right place, the plans
and allocations announced are underwhelming (kp
29/05/2020), Budget
focuses on infrastructure to generate extra jobs,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 29/05/2020)
Major
programs introduced by the government through the new
budget (rep 28/05/2020)
With
new budget today, experts foresee a focus on
employment and agriculture: Although most experts
agree on the focus areas, they are divided on whether
the size of the budget must be larger or smaller than
in the previous years, by Sangam Prasain and
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/05/2020)
Bring
gender-responsive budget: HoR panel (ht
27/05/2020)
Nepali
Congress-formed economic task force suggests smaller
budget amid Covid-19 crisis: The committee also
suggested a number of measures to rescue the economy
marred by the Covid-19 pandemic, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 25/05/2020)
Imperatives
Of The Upcoming Fiscal Year Budget, by Mohan Man
Swar (rn 23/05/2020)
Nine
govt agencies return nearly Rs5 billion for failing to
spend budget: The Nepal Army which was allocated a
handsome amount of Rs15.1 billion to speed up works
related to Kathmandu-Nijgadh Fast-Track, has returned
Rs2.83 billion through the Defence Ministry, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/05/2020)
Capital
spending at 28 per cent in first 10 months (ht
15/05/2020)
Prioritise
rights issues in upcoming fiscal budget, says NHRC
(ht 15/05/2020)
Full-fledged
budget on May 28, says FinMin (ht 14/05/2020)
The
lockdown budget: The government needs to reassess
budget priorities, but it seems reluctant to listen to
sound advice, by Achyut Wagle (kp 12/05/2020)
Bring
partial budget now, supplementary budget later, urges
opposition (ht 12/05/2020)
Fiscal
budget to prioritise revitalising crisis-hit economy,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 11/05/2020)
Upcoming
budget to put new projects on hold as the economy
braces for a hit: The pandemic and the lockdown’s
impacts have meant that revenue collection has fallen,
forcing the government to revise its budgetary
ceilings, by Prithvi Man Shrestha and Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/05/2020), Priorities
For The Upcoming Budget, by Dibyeswar Prasad
Shrestha (rn 09/05/2020)
Nepal
Drops In International Rating On Central Government
Budget Transparency (rn 08/05/2020) [see
survey
related to Nepal], IBP
Survey ranks Nepal 65th in terms of budget
transparency, accountability (rep 08/05/2020)
Budget
Will Address Challenges Posed By COVID-19: Finance
Minister (rn 06/05/2020)
Finance
minister says revenue gap can be filled through
foreign aid (ht) [???]
Budget
to focus on health, infra, education and production
(ht 01/05/2020), In
light of Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences,
upcoming budget to focus on creating jobs: The budget
for the new fiscal year will prioritise programmes
that generate large-scale employment to account for
the loss of jobs and return of migrants, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/05/2020), Budget
planning: The government must buck its own trend of
non-performance to ensure employment to Nepalis
(kp 04/05/2020)
Govt
starts reallocation of financial resources (ht
16/04/2020)
Billions
of rupees to be spent by lawmakers could be used to
combat Covid-19: Law Minister Tumbahangphe to consult
with the parties before taking a decision, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 08/04/2020)
Government
to divert Rs 136 billion budget to anti-Covid-19
measures: Funds for land acquisition, vehicle
procurement and events to go for the disease control,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/04/2020)
Budget
discussion affected due to lockdown (ht
01/04/2020)
Government
whittles down budget after failing to increase
spending: Despite the 10 percent cut, it believes that
the bold growth target of 8.5 percent can still be
achieved, by Sangam Prasain (kp 13/02/2020), Government
revises down budget size for 2019-20 by Rs 147bn
(ht 13/02/2020)
Mid-term
spending: Provinces no better than center; Mid-term
spending of six provinces stands at only 12 percent of
the total budget (rep 19/01/2020)
Strong
government but weak capital expenditure: Capital
expenditure lowest in 3 years (rep 13/01/2020)
PM’s
10-yr Rs 131-billion agri projectspent just over 5% in
three years, by Shree Ram Subedi (rep 30/12/2019)
Expedite
capital spending (ht 22/12/2019)
Govt
agencies seek over Rs 20bn additional budget from MoF
(ht 21/12/2019)
One
of the oldest bazaars in Jhapa falls into decay: Over
5,000 households living around the Bhagudubba area
rely on the market for everyday essentials, by
Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 05/12/2019)
21
local bodies yet to present budget for fiscal year
2019-20 (ht 03/12/2019)
Capital
expenditure only 6% in first four months (rep
20/11/2019), Poor
capital spending: The government’s inability to spend
the money allocated for public capital expenditure
means it is snatching away people’s jobs instead of
creating them (ht 21/11/2019), Marching
towards ‘Asare Bikash’ again: Developmental works
snail paced as four months of the fiscal year pass,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 24/11/2019)
Little
above 1pc budget spent in Karnali in first quarter of
fiscal year (ht 12/11/2019)
Province
1 spends just four percent of development budget in
1st quarter, by Binod Subedi (rep 04/11/2019)
Development
expenditure 4.3pc in Q1: Till mid-Oct govt spent just
Rs 17.7bn of allocated Rs 408bn (ht 15/10/2019) [The incompetent and corrupt
politicians and administrators will never change!],
Dismal
spending: Failure to spend capital expenditure will
mean no economic growth and no new job creation in the
country (ht 16/10/2019) [This
is a special form of crime and corruption by the
highest circles of politics and administration!],
Only
4.41% capital spent in Q1 of FY2019/20 (rep
20/10/2019), Government
records poor capital expenditure in the first quarter:
Spending totalled Rs18.37 billion out of the Rs408
billion budget as of mid-October, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 22/10/2019)
Budget’s
fake economics: How will Nepal achieve 8.5 percent
growth? Likely sources of growth do not point to more
than a mediocre performance, around four to five
percent, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 07/08/2019)
Data
shows significant revenue and expenditure progress,
but economists cry foul: Revenue and expenditure
targets were considerably revised, leading new figures
to show marked progress, economists say, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/07/2019)
Sikta,
Postal Highway projects in Banke fail to spend budget,
by Arjun Oli (rep 23/07/2019)
Opposition
lawmakers demand probe into spending budget at the end
of fiscal year: The provincial government engage in
organising events to avoid budget freeze, lawmakers
say, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 22/07/2019)
Capital
spending at 73 pc in 2018-19: Experts urge enhancing
capacity of bureaucrats, contractors (ht
17/07/2019)
Govt
yet to spend almost 50pc of development budget for
2018-19 (ht 10/07/2019), Government
capital spending dismal yet again, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 11/07/2019)
Finance
Minister defends domestic borrowing target (rep
10/07/2019)
HoR
passes budget for 2019-20 (ht 26/06/2019)
The
new budget offers nothing new: For the last 50 years,
Nepal’s economic priorities have remained the
same—with no noticeable improvements, by Niraj KC
(kp 24/06/2019)
Half
of capital budget for 2018-19 yet to be spent (ht
21/06/2019)
Nothing
new to offer: The provincial budgets are a mere copy
of the federal budget with unrealistic goals, by
Chandan Sapkota (kp 19/06/2019)
We
need to focus on welfare and the digital economy: The
recently announced budget is business as usual and
more suited to the last century, by Bimal Pratap
Shah (kp 17/06/2019)
Province
govts unveiling budgets totaling Rs 250 bn today
(rep 16/06/2019), Provincial
governments’ combined budget soars to Rs 270 billion:
Seven provincial governments have based their budgets
on the federal grant and revenue collected from local
levels (kp 17/06/2019), Seven
provincial govts present budgets, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 17/06/2019), Provinces
bring Rs 260 billion budget with focus on agro,
tourism, infrastructure (rep 17/06/2019), Big
and distributive: Budgets of provincial governments
(rep 18/06/2019)
Decoding
budget: One striking feature of Nepal budgeting has
been that almost the entire amount of revenue
collected from domestic sources gets spent for
recurrent expenditures, by Sukhdev Shah (rep
11/06/2019)
The
budget blues: Nepal’s poor spending capacity, by
Subhanu Khanal (ht 07/06/2019)
Playing
God: For government to promote private sector, it must
learn to play like God, which provides destinies and
allows humans to fulfill them while remaining
invisible, by Bishal Thapa (rep 04/06/2019)
Budget
Review 2019: Balanced but ambitious, by Satyendra
Timilsina (ht 03/06/2019)
Finance
minister defends pork barrel funding, but analysts are
unconvinced: Khatiwada faces criticism for bowing to
pressure and giving Rs60 million each to lawmakers to
spend in their constituencies, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 31/05/2019),
Finance
minister defends funds for lawmakers, by Sagar
Ghimire (rep 31/05/2019), Education
budget courts criticism: The amount earmarked is not
enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in
Education, educationists say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
31/05/2019), Budget
receives mixed reactions from private sector: The Rs
1.53 trillion financial plan bets on achieving
economic growth of 8.5 percent (kp 31/05/2019), FinMin
denies budget is distributive (ht 31/05/2019), Ambitious
budget: The budget for the next fiscal year looks
ambitious and unrealistic given the government’s weak
spending capacity (ht 31/05/2019), Federal
budget receives mix reaction in provinces
(rep 31/05/2019)
Rs
1.53 trillion: Ambitious and unrealistic; The
government’s financial plan lays emphasis on
infrastructure projects, but reveals little
about how it will accomplish them, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/05/2019), Govt
unveils Rs 1.53 trillion budget: Focus on infra
development; Inflation to remain within 6pc; Elderly
allowance up by Rs 1,000; Civil servants’ salaries
raised by up to 20pc; Economic growth projected at
8.5pc in next fiscal, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
30/05/2019), Budget
For Fiscal Year of 2019: Magic Or Reality, by
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km 30/05/2019),
Govt
unveils ‘crowd-pleasing’ budget of Rs 1.53 trillion,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep), A
populist budget: Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada
has failed to resist political pressure (kp
30/05/2019), Budget
2019-2020: Pieces of Rs1.53 trillion pie (kp
30/05/2019),
Senior
citizens welcome increase in allowance, but say they
are not fully happy: Government has increased senior
citizen allowance by Rs 1,000, by Anup Ojha (kp
30/05/2019), Health
budget increased marginally,but experts say it’s
insufficient, by Arjun Poudel (kp 30/05/2019), Rs
68 billion allocated for health, population (ht
30/05/2019), Education
gets 10.68pc of budget share, half of what government
had pledged: Finance minister has added some new
programmes but without adequate funding, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 30/05/2019), Budget
for education, science and technology increased
(ht 30/05/2019), Energy,
irrigation and water supply projects get high priority,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/05/2019). Road,
rail and water transport infrastructure gets Rs163.52
billion budget: The government will now build separate
by-laws for faster implementation of large scale
development projects and will encourage execution of
the construction works in three shifts, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 30/05/2019), Federal
government reduces the budget for provincial
governments: Finance minister announces Rs99.85b for
next fiscal against Rs 113.43b in the current fiscal,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/05/2019) [Continued
recentralisation of a state that had been hopeful to
become a federal republic!],
Allocation
of Rs 60 million to lawmakers draws public ire: The
pork barrel spending will cost the state Rs 9.9b,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/05/2019) [Continued
corruption and taking advantage of male high-caste
parliamentarians, who are put up by the male Brahmin
leaders at the top of the parties! Uncontrolled money
distribution in arbitrary and uncoordinated
development projects is not the task of the
legislators!], Constituency
Development Fund increased by 50 pc despite criticism:
Each FPTP lawmaker to get Rs 60 million (rep), No
silver lining for private sector, by Rupak D
Sharma (ht 30/05/2019), Economic
diplomacy, disaster management budget’s priorities
(ht 30/05/2019), E-vehicles
to combat increasing air pollution (ht
30/05/2019), Infrastructure
projects get priority, by Umesh Poudel (ht
30/05/2019), Government
raises tax on imported goods (ht 30/05/2019), Govt
hikes salary of govt employees upto 20 pc (rep
30/05/2019), Rs
141b for post-quake reconstruction (rep
30/05/2019), Transportation
sector gets priority in budget (rep 30/05/2019), Budget
focuses on farm commercialization, by Nikeeta
Gautam (rep 30/05/2019)
To
achieve high growth trajectory, government needs to
set priorities right: Oli administration has both
opportunities and challenges, experts and
industrialists say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
29/05/2019)
Does
size of the budget really matter? Expansion is
necessary to fulfil needs of all tiers of government,
say experts, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 28/05/2019)
Government
should widen tax base and strengthen tax regime,
analysts say: Economists lay emphasis on putting
sustainable and broad-based systems in place
rather than implementing ad hoc measures, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 27/05/2019)
Pvt
sector seeks programmes that encourage skilled
workers: Only 10 pc of the country’s 12 million
workers are engaged in the formal sector, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 26/05/2019)
Call
to prioritise infrastructure development, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 25/05/2019)
Production
boost should be given priority, by Sujan Dhunagna
(ht 24/05/2019)
MoPIT
to focus on realistic projects for fiscal budget
(ht 22/05/2019)
‘Bring
budget to coordinate three tiers of govt’, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 21/05/2019)
Finance
minister should avoid populist budget and focus on
realistic programmes, experts say: Khatiwada will
present budget for upcoming fiscal year amid mounting
challenges, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 20/05/2019)
On
education, government looks generous with words but
stingy with funds: Despite pledges to improve quality
of education, government unlikely to increase budget
for the sector, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/05/2019)
House
panel submits recommendation for next fiscal year’s
budget (ht 19/05/2019)
Private
sector presents budget wish list to Finance Ministry,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 18/05/2019)
Listen
to lawmakers: The upcoming fiscal budget must be
prepared based on the suggestions given by lawmakers
during the pre-budget debates (ht 16/05/2019)
Slow
capital expenditure continues to bedevil development
projects, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 14/05/2019), There
will be no excuse for justifying budget underspending
next fiscal: FinMin (rep 15/05/2019) [The
govt claimed similar things a year ago!]
Keep
aside budget for consolidating federalism: MPs, by
Jagdishor Panday (kp 13/05/2019)
Average
daily capital spending at Rs 41 million: Experts say
withholding payments may be an indication of corrupt
motives (rep 13/05/2019)
Report
says budget should focus on economic growth,
sustainability (ht 11/05/2019), Acceleration
of project development to be prioritised (ht
11/05/2019)
Former
FinMins urge Khatiwada to bring resource-sustained
budget for next fiscal (ht 09/05/2019)
MoPIT
budget set to increase by 35 percent (rep
09/05/2019)
Two-thirds
of budget of Kathmandu Tarai Expressway unspent
(brep 09/05/2019)
Survey:
Budget should give priority to economic growth,
sustainability (rep 09/05/2019)
Government
raising Rs 86 billion in domestic debt in final
quarter (rep 09/05/2019)
President
hints at populist programmes in upcoming budget,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 04/05/2019)
Ministries
face pressure of pork barrel projects (ht
26/04/2019)
Capital
spending at 35pc till mid-April: Government urged to
clear bottlenecks at bureaucratic and
contracting level (ht 17/04/2019)
Govt
intensifies work on budget formulation: Finance
Ministry to limit the budget within the NPC ceiling of
Rs 1.5 trillion (rep 16/04/2019)
Government
spent
Rs 222.83b in last month of fiscal 2017-18: 20.55
percent of the total budget of over Rs1 trillion was
spent in mid June-mid July, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
13/04/2019)
After
promises
failed, secretaries told to focus on ‘flagship’
projects: It is implementation, not the addition of
loaded phrases in policies and programmes, that
matters, officials say, by Anil Giri (kp
11/04/2019)
Local
units scattering budget on small projects: Ministry
report, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/03/2019)
Eight
months into the fiscal year, local governments have
yet to present budget, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/03/2019)
Capital
spending low despite simplified procurement process,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 23/03/2019)
Perennial
problem (ht 20/03/2019)
Parliamentary
supremacy in govt spending under serious question:
Over Rs 800 billion spent out of budget in last three
years, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/02/2019)
Govt
urged to allocate budget scientifically (ht
16/02/2019)
Government
yet to settle Rs 101 billion from FY2016/17 (rep
11/02/2019)
80pc
of foreign aid disbursed via budgetary system (ht
17/01/2019)
Govt’s
capital expenditure still sluggish: Only 17.68pc of Rs
313.9 billion allocated spent in first half of fiscal
(ht 16/01/2019)
Systemic
reform in overall budgetary system advised, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 28/12/2018)
Govt
yet
again fails to improve budget spending capacity:
Capital expenditure stands at 12.59pc of the total
allocation in first five months, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 19/12/2018)
Ministries
‘demand billions of rupees’, by Rajesh Khanall (kp
20/11/2018)
Provinces
spend less than 5pc of allocated budget, by Pushpa
Raj Acharya (ht 29/10/2018)
First
quarter of FY2018/19: Top ministries spend only 10% of
total budget, by Bishnu Tamang (rep 28/10/2018)
Govt
expenses less than revenue collection (ht
26/10/2018)
Capital
expenditure
still slow despite extra time: According to the
Finance Ministry, poor accountability on the
implementation side resulted in slow capital spending
(kp 22/10/2018)
Government
takes time on internal borrowing as revenue exceeds
expenses, by Bishnu Tamang (rep 24/09/2018)
Khatiwada
says supplementary budget unlikely (kp 19/09/2018)
Supplementary
budget ‘gets PM Oli’s green light’, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 23/08/2018)
Government
transferred Rs 3.66b in last month of FY: Rs 1.66
billion disbursed to pay for conflict victims and
their families (rep 28/07/2018)
Govt
treasury
empty after haphazard spending in last month: It is
unusual in our context for the government to have zero
balance as it may not be able to pay for any possible
emergency, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 21/07/2018)
Year-end
spending rush boosts cap expenditure (kp
19/07/2018)
Government
spent record Rs 33b Sunday (rep 17/07/2018) [???], Over
30% of development budget spent in 12th month (rep
18/07/2018), Last
minute spending is killing prosperity dreams (rep
18/07/2018), Govt
fails to spend even revised budget (ht 18/07/2018)
Govt
rejigs Rs 200b unspent budget (kp 15/07/2018)
PM
adjusting ministry-wise programme in budget, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 15/07/2018)
Bungling
on
budget: Federal government was much criticized for
exercising centralized attitude in allocation of
budget. Provincial governments repeated that mistake,
by Raj Kumar KC (rep 12/07/2018)
Govt
hiding budget transfer details since February (rep
10/07/2018)
Govt
spent Rs 10b in recurrent expenses Friday, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 09/07/2018)
End
of fiscal year spending results in shoddy work:
Rupandehi looks for ways to spend Rs 2 billion in 15
days, by Binod Pariyar (rep 29/06/2018), Eleventh-hour
spending continues unabated: Several infrastructure
projects are being implemented in haste so that all
works are complete before the fiscal year-end. Locals
are disappointed with the quality of work, by
Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 29/06/2018)
Budget
transparency: A must to achieve goals, by Dutta
Shree Duwadi (Khanal) (ht 28/06/2018)
Govt
accepting Rs 25 billion off-budget foreign aid
annually (rep 26/06/2018)
Missed
opportunities: The budget fails to create confidence
in the private sector and encourage investment, by
Udaya Shumsher Rana (kp 22/06/2018)
Govt
unlikely to spend even revised budget (ht
22/06/2018)
Budget
fails to usher reforms in tax system (ht
21/06/2019)
Bleak
progress in spending dev budget despite stable govt:
Only 30 days remain to spend half of the budget
(rep 17/06/2018)
All
provinces table budgets (kp 16/06/2018), All
7 provinces table budgets, programs for FY2018/19
(rep 16/06/2018), Provincial
governments present budget (ht 16/06/2018)
'Budget
has not given enough priority to infrastructure
building', interview with Biswo Poudel (rep
13/06/2018)
Budget
projection for three fiscal years: Govt to lower
recurrent expenses, raise dev budget (rep
09/06/2018)
Realistic
aims: Finance minister has come up only with plans and
programmes that can be implemented, if tried honestly,
by Bhoj Raj Poudel (kp 07/06/2018)
Foreign
investors ‘disappointed’, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
06/06/2018)
Opportunities
squandered: The budget would have been a good
expenditure and revenue plan under normal times.
However, given the sizable electoral mandate, its
falls short of introducing transformative reform
measures, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 04/06/2018)
Government
restores practice of 3-year expenditure plans: MTEF
makes budget cycle more dynamic and aligned with
periodic plans (rep 02/06/2018)
Budget
fails
to please even ruling party MPs: FinMin Khatiwada
faces ire for saying that he was forced to include
Constituency Development Fund (kp 01/06/2018), Business-as-usual
budget: What the country needs is a quantum leap in
the economy, not incremental change, by Yoga Nath
Poudel (kp 01/06/2018), Groping
in the dark, by Om Astha Rai (nt 01/06/2018), Budget
goals are
attainable says finance minister (kp 02/06/2018),
Budget
private sector-friendly, claims FinMin (ht
02/06/2018), A
Trillion Rupee Budget! Maybe, our government should
really ask the experts on how to take care of the
poor, unemployed and the old instead of promising us
the moon and then providing peanuts, by Guffadi
(kp 02/06/2018), Pvt
sector says federal budget ‘bureaucratic’ (ht
03/06/2018), Budget
for gender sensitivity and climate change to see new
record (rep 03/06/2018), Budget
gives Rs 730m for tourism infrastructure: Nine tourism
bodies did not receive capital expenditure, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 03/06/2018), FinMin
says budget inclusive, oriented towards prosperity
(kp 04/06/2018), Provinces
urge centre to reconsider budget, by Pratap Bista
(kp 04/06/2018)
First
federal
budget aims 8pc growth: Focuses on energy,
infrastructure and proposes a string of reforms in
social and agriculture sectors, by Sangam Prasain
(kp),
NRA
budget up 3.35pc to Rs151.08b (kp 30/05/2018), Education
budget
fails to match government’s lofty goals: Healthcare
receives major boost with a substantial increase of
44pc to Rs 56.41 billion (kp 30/05/2018), Rs
56 billion earmarked for healthcare (ht
30/05/2018), Rs1.09
trillion for transport, infra projects (kp
30/05/2018), Budget
shines light on energy, hydropower sector: Govt will
develop 750MW West Seti with internal resources:
FinMin, by Bibek Subedi (kp 30/05/2018), FinMin
presents Rs 1,315-bn budget: Major focus on
transforming production sector and development of
physical infrastructure, by Pushpa Raj Acharydya
(ht 30/05/2018), Full
of promises, but lacking focus: NC (ht
30/05/2018), Budget
dashes hopes for faster industrial development, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 30/05/2018), Budget
more focused on physical infrastructure, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 30/05/2018), Ambitious
budget, focus on jobs and federal structure, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 30/05/2018), CMs
unhappy with budget (rep 30/05/2018), Government
slashes environment budgets by Rs 5.56 billion
(rep 30/05/2018), Khatiwada
dispels doubts on 8pc growth, by Bibek Subedi (kp
31/05/2018), Eight
per cent growth target achievable: FinMin; Says as a
sign of respect to Mahat, he’ll aim for 7.9 per cent
economic growth (ht 31/05/2018), Budget
fails to impress differently-abled people: Government
makes grand plans every year, ‘but never implements
them’ (kp 31/05/2018), FM
trims Chure, forest budgets, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 31/05/2018), ‘Budget
is okay but the higher taxes are not’, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 31/05/2018), Budget
lacks vision, claims NC (ht 31/05/201), Lost
opportunity: There is nothing to be gravely
disappointed in, but Khatiwada seems to have
squandered the opportunity to make the budget a
watershed in Nepal’s economic reforms (ht
31/05/2018), Dealers
elated as autos termed ‘non-luxurious goods’ in budget
(ht 01/06/2018)
Infra,
energy, agriculture, tourism in budget focus, by
Anil Giri (kp 29/05/2018), FinMin
to present federal budget today (ht 29/05/2018), Govt
bringing
major reform programs to breathe new life into
economy: Finance minister tabling first full-fledged
federal budget today (rep 29/05/2018)
Survey
paints
bleak financial picture: Growing budget deficit;
Depleting foreign reserves; Per capita debt Rs28,963;
GDP growth 5.9 percent to Rs3 trillion (kp
28/05/2018), Economic
mapping of provinces (kp 28/05/2018)
Govt
issues directive on formulation of budget and plan of
local levels (ht 28/05/2018)
Budget
to change tax rates massively (ht 27/05/2018)
The
politics of budgeting: The people should not be taxed
heavily so that politicians can indulge in their
desires, by Gokarna Awasthi (kp 22/05/2018)
MPs
ask FinMin to do ‘reality check’ before preparing
budget (kp 11/05/2018), Govt
urged to be more realistic in allocation of fiscal
budget (ht 15/05/2018)
Each
province
to get Rs 19b in fed grant: NPC says around 15 percent
of upcoming central budget could go to provincial and
local governments, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
09/05/2018)
Industrialists,
bankers put forward budget wish list (kp
08/05/2018)
Trimming
the budget deficit: Reducing government spending and
raising taxes may not be the right way to do it,
by Jagadish Prasad Bist and Aadersh Raj Joshi (kp
03/05/2018), Upcoming
budget to safeguard domestic production (kp
04/05/2018), FinMin
not banking on NRB guv! Excludes him from budget
formulation team (ht 04/05/2018)
Budget
session to start on May 6: Cabinet proposes date to
President (kp 28/04/2018), The
new budget: Backed by a massive mandate to redefine
the course of Nepal, Oli government should make the
most of it (kp 30/04/2018), Pre-budget
discussions start on May 9 (kp 03/05/2018)
FinMin:
No
populist programmes in budget: He also criticised the
previous govt for issuing a populist budget that
created excess liabilities in the govt’s financial
plan (kp 27/04/2018), 2018-19
fiscal budget to be balanced, genuine and tactful
(ht 27/04/2018)
Govt
looks
to FDI to cover budget deficit: The govt does not
have the funds necessary to implement the
federal system and achieve development goals (kp
21/04/2018), ‘External
finance crucial to achieve SDGs’ (ht 21/04/2018)
NPC
fixes budget ceiling of Rs 1,200bn for next fiscal
(ht 20/04/2018)
Provincial
plans: Planning and budgetary exercises provinces have
done will help them gain experience for the next
fiscal (ht 18/04/2018)
Govt
utilises
35 percent of capital budget in 9 months: Some reasons
for low capital spending are delays in
appointment of contractors, land acquisition,
settlement of disputes related to cost variation and
permit issuance (kp 15/04/2018)
Rs
155b allocated out of budget for road projects:
Ambition of finance ministers behind financial
indiscipline: Experts (rep 15/04/2018)
1.6
trillion rupees budget suggested (ht 12/04/2018)
Provincial,
local govts urged to follow budget rules (ht
25/03/2018)
'Climate
relevant'
budget allocation said to be unrealistic: Experts
stress revisiting categorization code to make it more
practical, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 25/03/2018)
Liquidity
Crunch and Unspent Budget, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
22/03/2018)
Budget
ceiling likely to be Rs 1,500 billion, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 21/03/2018)
Govt
mulls budget transfer to local bodies based on
spending, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 20/03/2018)
Rs
75bn
to be transferred to local bodies today: Central
government in uncomfortable position, budget
deficit to shoot up to Rs 56.56bn (ht 15/03/2018)
MoF
white paper likely to focus on energy, transport,
reconstruction (ht 13/03/2018)
MoF
revises down spending target, growth rate (ht
08/03/2018), Govt
to
introduce austerity measures as deficit widens:
Government’s budget deficit stood at Rs49
billion as of Tuesday, which is around 1.9 percent of
GDP (kp 08/03/2018), Govt
revises down growth forecast to 6 pc,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep
08/03/2018), Government
announces belt-tightening measures amid budget
shortfall (rep 08/03/2018)
Budget
formulation in limbo with NPC vice-chair post vacant
(ht 06/03/2018)
Non-budgetary
demand soars to Rs 382 billion (rep 27/02/2018)
Budget
formulation process formally begins (kp
24/01/2018)
Govt
uses only 14pc of capital budget in first half (kp
15/01/2018), Prioritise
capital spending: Full-fledged implementation of
national pride projects can ramp up capital
expenditure (kp 17/01/2018)
Government
mulling over Rs 1,570bn budget for next fiscal (ht
05/01/2018)
Govt
hard pressed to arrange fiscal resources, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 04/02/2018)
MoF
identifies sources for budget financing (ht
02/01/2018)
Delay
in fiscal commission appointments may hit budget
transfers (rep 28/12/2017)
Cringed
CapEx: Low capital spending affects the quality of our
vital energy, road and telecom infrastructures, by
Kartika Yadav (rep 20/12/2017)
Local
units struggle to spend allocated budget (ht
12/12/2017), Low
spending:
Major reason for the local units being unable to spend
the budget was the delay in the endorsement of the
Local Level Operation Act by Parliament (ht
13/12/2017)
NPC
to start planning budget for three fiscals from next
week (ht 04/12/2017)
‘Elections
unlikely to affect capital expenditure’ (ht
03/11/2017)
Agriculture
budget being ‘misused’ in eastern region (ht
27/10/2017)
Utilise
funds on time: Govt must resort to carrot and stick
approach to expedite capital spending (kp
24/10/2017)
Country
seeks budgetary support from World Bank (ht
18/10/2017)
Ministries
seek additional budget of Rs 200bn, by Sabin
Mishra (ht 17/10/2017) [???]
Committed
liability of govt at 59pc of budget (ht
10/10/2017)
Budget
execution off to a slow start (rep 19/09/2017)
Low
capex spending and widening trade deficit, by
Saurav Bhasyal (ht 06/08/2017)
Huge
financial irregularities in targeted programs, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 28/07/2017)
80
pc budget spent on war victims (ht 25/07/2017)
Nearly
Rs 900 million budget frozen in Kanchanpur, by
Rajendra Bhatta (rep 24/07/2017)
‘Govt
projects must finalise contracts in 1st three months’
(kp 20/07/2017), Time-bound
action plan to ramp up capex, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 20/07/2017)
Rs
47
billion in recurrent budget spent in 10 days as FY
nears end, by Bal Krishna Gyawali (rep
13/07/2017), Capital
spending
bunches towards year-end, againGovt spent Rs3.5
billion per day in the last 21 days alone, almost 36pc
of the total budget (kp 16/07/2017), Rs
46b spent on last 3 days of FY, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 16/07/2017), Govt
fails
to meet budget expenditure target (ht 16/07/2017),
Low
spending:
Those responsible should own up responsibility and do
something to ensure that the development budget is not
only spent but spent wisely (ht 17/07/2017), Down
the
drain: Underutilisation and year-end bunching of
capital budget are tantamount to financial misuse
(kp 18/07/2017)
Stingy
budget:
Power has been devolved to local units, but they have
not received matching funding, by Khimlal Devkota
(kp 07/07/2017)
Rs
88.53bn
raised from domestic borrowing (ht 06/07/2017)
More
budget
sought for education sector (ht 05/07/2017)
Failure
to execute budget results to Rs 221b cash surplus
(rep 05/07/2017)
Dismal
NRA
performance hits govt fiscal spending target (ht
29/06/2017)
Funding
from
friends: What this year’s budget says about Nepal’s
changing bilateral and multilateral ties, by
Binayak Basnyat and Kamal Bista (kp 28/06/2017)
Government
on
track to miss budget execution target yet again
(ht 16/06/2017), Govt
unlikely
to meet capital expenditure target (kp 27/06/2017)
Local
units told to table budget on July 9: Central
budget-preparation process replicated at the local
level, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 14/06/2017) [Most
of the local units will hardly be elected until then!]
Integrated
financial
info system mulled (kp 07/06/2017)
No
specific program for poverty alleviation in new
budget: PAF (rep 07/06/2017)
Participatory
budgeting:
Power to grassroots; Newly elected local governments
can in many ways exercise powers comparable to that of
Singha Durbar, by Thaneshwar Bhusal (kp
07/05/2017)
Application
of MTEF can make budget more realistic: Experts,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 07/06/2017)
Devil
is
in details: The budget, by Hisila Yami (ht
07/06/2017)
Bloated
budget:
Fiscal transfer to local bodies warranted a bigger
budget, but its implementation will be challenging,
by Chandan Sapkota (kp 05/06/2017)
Ministries
allowed
to spend right away (kp 31/05/2017)
Govt
unveils
Rs 1,279b budget for 2017-18, by Rupak D. Sharma
(kp 30/05/2017), Empowering
local
units major focus of budget: The government has also
authorised the local bodies to manage all the
expenditure and operations of the health centres,
health posts and sub-health posts, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 30/05/2017), An
annual
ritual: Govt should ensure that some crucial areas
mentioned in the budget are handled well (kp
30/05/2017), Budget
2017-18 (kp 30/05/2017), Infra
sector
gains priority; energy projects get Rs62.5b, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 30/05/2017), Federal
budget
for agri sector slashed by 15pc to Rs30.4b (kp
30/05/2017), Rs
15.34bn
allocated for forest conservation (ht 30/05/2017),
1.28
trillion rupees, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
30/05/2017), Action
counts:
Ensuring a full and effective implementation of our
budgets is necessary for translating our development
priorities into reality (ht 31/05/2017), Annual
Budget
For Fiscal Year 2017 (2074), by Siddhi B Ranjitkar
(km 02/06/2017), New
budget
more an aspiration than a framework that can be
implemented, interview with Andreas Bauer (rep
03/06/2017)
New
measures
to ramp up capex introduced (ht 30/05/2017)
Govt
gets
leeway to frame budget of Rs1,280 billion (kp
29/05/2017)
Govt
unlikely
to meet revised capex target (ht 28/05/2017)
Budget
to
take on federal structure: Before proper
implementation of budget, the government will have to
prepare a conducive environment for economic
development, by Pawan Timilsina (ht 28/05/2017)
Lawmakers
press govt to continue constituency dev funds (rep
27/05/2017) [a source for
endless corruption on a failed way to development!!]
Govt
policies
and programmes: Budget focus on local body empowerment,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 26/05/2017), ‘Local
bodies
must get adequate budget’ (kp 27/05/2017)
‘Focus
on
infra development’ (ht 24/05/2017)
Recurrent
spending
to surge in 2017-18: Government has always been
criticised for increasing the size of its recurrent
budget, while being unable to utilise funds allocated
for capital spending (kp 23/05/2017)
Annual
policies
reach President: Fiscal programmes likely to be read
out on Wednesday (kp 22/05/2017)
Govt
preparing to table full-fledged budget on May 29,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 19/05/2017), Caretaker
government
to present new fiscal budget (ht 21/05/2017), Full
budget
on May 29: Expect no new programs, says Finance
Minister Mahara (ht 23/05/2017), Government
forges
consensus to bring full-fledged budget (rep
23/05/2017)
Debt
collection
suspended as govt savings top Rs262b, by Rupak D.
Sharma (kp 17/05/2017), Rs
235bn
remains idle due to slow expenditure (ht
17/05/2017), Low
spending:
It is the government which needs to make massive
investment in infrastructure development in targeted
areas. No growth is possible unless the government
increases its spending capacity (ht 18/05/2017)
Budget
for local units: Constituency Development Fund to be
discontinued, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 17/05/2017), MoFALD
prepares to double local unit budget (rep
17/05/2017)
Draft
bills
on public finance mgmt soon: MoF, by Rupak D.
Sharma (kp 15/05/2017)
Energy
ministry top performer in budget spending: Achieves 68
percent spending progress till mid-April (rep
15/05/2017)
Industry
Ministry
seeks more funds: The Industry Ministry failed to
implement programmes within their budget of Rs8.26
billion (kp 12/05/2017) [???],
MoI
seeks
to lift industrial sector’s ontribution to GDP (ht
12/05/2017)
EC
to
allow government to launch budget before completion of
polls, by Bibek Subedi (kp 11/05/2017)
Parties
dwell
on ad hoc budget on May 29 (kp 09/05/2017)
‘Ideally
budget
should be announced on May 29’, by Krishna Bahadur
Mahara (kp 07/05/2017)
‘Early
budget
pointless as working style unchanged’ (kp
04/05/2017)
Finance
Ministry
recommends creating transitional budget, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 03/05/2017)
EC
asks
govt not to present budget between elections (kp
30/04/2017)
Finance
ministry
still to finalise grant amount for 744 local bodies
(ht 30/04/2017)
Rs233.6b
sits
idle in state coffers: Slow capital spending blamed
for excessive collection of funds (kp 28/04/2017)
Major
parties
agree to put budget on hold (kp 27/04/2017)
Capital
expenditure
36 per cent in nine months (kp 18/04/2017)
MoI
unveils
priority areas for next fiscal year: Job creation,
promotion of business-friendly environment remain at
the top of the list (ht 18/04/2017)
Budget
2017-18:
Govt to transfer funds to local bodies directly,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 12/04/2017)
Budget
formulation:
Govt at a loss for lack of lawss to manage public
finance, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 05/04/2017)
Accountability
crisis:
Unspent budget funds should be returned to taxpayers
until capital expenditure rises, by Niranjan Mani
Dixit (kp 26/03/2017)
Government
plans
to increase capital spending next fiscal (ht
12/03/2017), Capital
spending
at 21pc as ministries fail to use funds (kp
15/03/2017)
MPs
slam
transfer of funds to non-budgetary headings (kp
10/03/2017), Fund
transfer
to small projects draws flak, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 10/03/2017)
Discussion
on
budget for next fiscal begins, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 07/03/2017)
Ministries
to
get spending authority a day after budget: The
government’s move is aimed at expediting
public spending, especially capital spending (kp
05/03/2017)
Spending
on
infra lowest among strategic sectors: Only 15.56pc of
allocation for infrastructure development spent
(ht 05/03/2017)
FinMin
seeks
fund transfer of Rs 100b ahead of elections: Chief
Secretary Somlal Subedi opposes the proposal, by
Anil Giri (kp 23/02/2017)
Govt
to
cut short budget implementation process: To end
practice of seeking NPC’s permission to implement
development projects (kp 21/02/2017), Finance
Ministry revises budget downward (rep 21/02/2017)
Rs
14.86 billion dev budget spent in last 25 days
(rep 09/02/2017)
What’s
the
hold-up? Delay by line ministries in the extension of
spending authority is surprising and worrying (kp
07/02/2017)
Budget
session crosses 10 months, by Ashok Dahal (rep
04/02/2017) [!!]
AgriMin’s
budget
ceiling for next FY up 11.48pc: The upper limit
of the ministry’s finances has been fixed
at Rs30.58 billion (kp 03/02/2017)
Govt
bodies
at a loss for lack of right to spend: On average, each
ministry has extended spending authority to about 80pc
projects and programmes, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp
01/02/2017), Little
progress:
Instructions and orders alone will not resolve the
problem of low spending; it is a matter of strong
political will to sincerely remove all the impediments
on the way (ht 02/02/2017)
Budget
ceiling
to hover around Rs1.2-1.3 trillion, by Rupak D.
Sharma (kp 26/01/2017), Resource
committee
caps next year’s budget at Rs1,206 billion (kp
31/01/2017)
Govt
formulates
strategy to make budget gender responsive (ht
22/01/2017)
Supplementary
budget
unlikely (kp 19/01/2017)
Ramp
up
spending: That govt hasn’t acted, despite knowing
pitfalls of low capital expenditure, is embarrassing
(kp 17/01/2017), Low
capital
expenditure: Begging for money but not having a plan
to spend it is an age-old problem in Nepal, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 17/01/2017), Govt
to
unveil action plan to ramp up capital expenditure,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 18/01/2017), Govt
unveils Immediate Implementation Action Plan (rep
19/01/2017)
Challenges
in
budget implementation, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
05/01/2017)
The
Siraha
model: In all future national budgets at least half
the development expenditure should be earmarked for
quick-yielding projects, by Sukhdev Shah
(28/12/2016)
Only
20 percent of budget spent in five and half months,
by Kuvera Chalise (rep 26/12/2016)
Capex
gathers
pace in fifth month of fiscal (ht 18/12/2016)
Rs
100-bn
supplementary budget on cards (ht 12/12/2016) [You hardly spend anything of the
original budget! Why a supplementary budget?]
MoI
faces
budget crunch to implement new projects (ht
10/12/2016)
Always
the
same: The budget spent on the development projects at
the last moment makes no sense as it compromises on
the quality of work (ht 06/12/2016)
‘Supplementary
budget
should be reformative’ (ht 06/12/2016)
Will
govt
be able to bring supplementary budget?, by
Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 15/11/2015)
MoF
ramps
up monitoring of ministries (ht 28/10/2016)
Treasury
surplus
soars to Rs191b as capital spending slacks (kp
18/10/2016), Govt
expenditure
at 12.37pc: Only 3.42 per cent of total allocated
budget of Rs 311.95 billion for development works
spent in the first quarter of current fiscal year
(ht 18/10/2016)
Capital
expenditure
fails to pick up pace: Only 0.9 per cent of Rs 311.9
billion spent so far this fiscal year, by Rupak D.
Sharma (kp 25/09/2016), Get
down
to business: Govt should increase the size of capital
budget and utilise what is allocated for capital
spending (kp 26/09/2016), Buck
the
trend: Govt should take immediate steps to increase
the level of capital spending (kp 30/09/2016)
Finance
minister
seeks resources for supplementary budget (ht
05/09/2016), Budget
size
likely to go up by Rs100b: The government has around
Rs 68 billion in extra funds at its disposal (kp
06/09/2016), FM
Mahara: No plan to bring supplementary budget, by
Kuvera Chalise (rep 09/09/2016)
Let
us
get fiscal: The budget does raise concern, not due to
the size per se, but because of where the money will
end up, by Ram C. Acharya (kp 25/07/2016)
Billions
in
unspent dev budget for Tarai frozen (kp
21/07/2016)
Delay
in
getting NPC approval despite early budget, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/07/2016)
Govt
spent
71.47pc of budget last fiscal (ht 17/07/2016)
Insulate
the
budget: There is no dignity in holding budget hostage
to political point-scoring (kp 15/07/2016)
Parliament
passes
Appropriation Bill: For the first time in 15 years,
govt has timely authority to spend; Raises hopes that
development spending would be expedited (kp
10/07/2016), There’s
room
for some missing projects: PM (ht 10/07/2016), Welcome
first
step: A timely budget is only the first step in
boosting the govt’s spending capacity (kp
11/07/2016), Political
row
put on hold 3 key bills on budget, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 14/07/2016)
CPN-Maoist
Centre
may block budget, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
01/07/2016)
Lack
of
accountants in govt offices affects country’s capital
spending, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 22/06/2016)
The
big
size of the budget will not necessarily lead to
a rise in inflation, by Ruzel Shrestha (kp
19/06/2016)
Budget
blues:
Drastically increasing the budget without improving
absorption capacity is reckless and shows a lack of
accountability, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 17/06/2016)
Thinking
global:
People judge the success of politicians based on how
their consumption patterns changed after coming into
power; It is always interesting to hear former
finance ministers who did not deliver on budgetary
promises criticise the same mistakes the present
incumbent makes, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 07/06/2016),
Brewing
fiscal
anarchy: Budget sounds more like a compendium of
aspirations rather than a credible plan backed by
adequate budgetary allocation or sound justification,
by Ram Sharan Mahat (kp 14/06/2016)
Social
Protection In Budget, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
07/06/2016)
Inflationary
Pressure On Budget, by Umesh Thapa (rn 04/06/2016)
Holding
Budgetary Criticisms On A Scanner, by Narad
Bharadwaj (kp 03/06/2016), Big
budget:
Implementation needed, by Namrata Sharma (ht
03/06/2016)
Macroeconomic
risks:
The budget could destabilise the macro economy and
undermine the country’s development efforts, by
Tula Raj Basyal (kp 01/06/2016), Budget
For
FY 2016 (2073) And Its Impact On Economy, by
Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 01/06/2016)
Budget
Sends Ripples In Opposition, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 01/06/2016)
Congress
seeks
panel to probe budget leak: Says Parliament’s
sovereignty undermined; Obstructs House session,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/05/2016), NC
disrupts
Parliament: Seeks probe into leaks regarding vital
information of budget, by Prakash Acharya (ht
31/05/2016), NC
disrupts
House debate over budget leak, by Ashok Dahal (rep
31/05/2016), Govt
to
set up probe panel (kp 01/06/2016)
Bloated
budget
raises inflation fear: Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel
tables Rs 1048.92 billion financial outlay, exceeding
the initial ceiling of Rs 909 billion, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 29/05/2016), Distributive
budget
of Rs 1,048.9 bn launched, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
29/05/2016),
Govt
in
bid to please all, says Nepali Congress: Argues budget
fails to focus on economic progress, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 29/05/2016), Mixed
reaction
from private sector (kp 29/05/2016), Rs
5.9b
for improving water supply in Valley (kp
29/05/2016), Infra
to
be made disabled-friendly (kp 29/05/2016), Special
focus
on schools (kp 29/05/2016), Income
tax
exemption limit hiked to Rs350k, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 29/05/2016), Income
tax
slab revised, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
29/05/2016), Govt
allocates
Rs35.86 for farm sector, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
29/05/2016), Budget
2016-17:
Infrastructure development gets priority; Experts
doubt govt’s ability to implement (kp 29/05/2016),
Rs
1.2t
school plan announced with little cash: Only Rs3b
secured of Rs240b expected from donors, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 30/05/2016), Health
Ministry
taken all by surprise: Establishing kidney centre in
Bhaktapur, increasing insurance coverage were not
discussed, by Manish Gautam (kp 30/05/2016), Bloated
budget:
Size of the annual budget is not an indicator of a
successful government plan of action (kp
30/05/2016),
Fiscal
budget
unsustainable, populist: NC; Party to expose govt
intention behind bringing such a budget (ht
30/05/2016),
Doubling
grants
to local bodies: FinMin defends move; Says the govt
wants to make local bodies more powerful,
resource-rich (kp 30/05/2016), Has
Any Budget Been Implemented Totally?, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn 30/05/2016), FinMin
clarifies
budget not as expansionary as portrayed (ht
30/05/2016), Private
sector
skeptic about budget 2016-17 (31/05/2016), The
New Budget: Colourful Responses, by Prem Khatry
(rn 31/05/2016), Dahal
concerned
about budget fallout: But agrees to defend it in the
Parliament (ht 31/05/2016), NCE-Nepal
slams
budget for education (ht 31/05/2016), Budget
does
little to uplift quality of education: Educationists
(rep 31/05/2016)
Bracing
for
the budget: The budget, instead of directing
investments in the right direction, might contain a
lot of unproductive populist plans, by Yoga Nath
Poudel (kp 27/05/2016), Budget
for
next fiscal year likely to boost grants (kp
27/05/2016), Budget
set
to break
Rs 909 billion ceiling: Many new initiatives regarding
infrastructure projects, agriculture, drinking water
and urbanisation have also
been planned, according to sources, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 28/05/2016), Govt
tabling
Rs 1.04 trillion budget today, by Rudra Pangeni
and Balkrishna Gnawali (rep 28/05/2016)
Capital
spending
low as only 7pc civil servants perform duties well,
by Rupak D. Sharma (ht 26/05/2016)
Unspent
budget:
Political instability and interference both at the
planning and operational levels hinder timely
completion of projects, by Chandan Sapkota (kp
23/05/2016)
Foreign
aid’s
share in budget may cross 30 pc, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht 23/05/2016)
Making
it
work: Timely presentation of the budget will hopefully
lead to timely execution of development projects,
by Dutta Shree Duwadi Khanal (kp 22/05/2016)
Budget
to
exceed 1,000 billion rupees, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht 22/05/2016)
‘Populist’
financial
outlay on the cards, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
21/05/2016)
Maoist
ministers
alerted on party’s budget agenda (kp 17/05/2016)
Capital
spending
at 22 percent till mid-May: Govt spending on
development work equal to about 50% of what it
spent on its employees' salary, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 17/05/2016) [!!]
Govt
targeting
6.3 percent growth in 2016/17 (rep 16/05/2016) [Stop dreaming!]
‘Bring
innovative
and executable budget’ (ht 15/05/2016)
FNCCI
seeks
reforms in upcoming budget: Finance minister says
government not deviated from principle of free market
economy (ht 13/05/2016)
Treasury
surplus
at all-time high as govt fails to spend, by Rupak
D. Sharma (ht 12/05/2016)
Where
the
money goes: Political leaders’ main concern is about
their constituencies, which leads to a
disproportionate distribution of budget, by Khim
Lal Devkota (kp 11/05/2016)
Budget
likely
to reach record Rs 1t, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
11/05/2016)
Budget
2016-17:
Govt mulls setting up pay commission (kp
08/05/2016)
Treasury
surplus
at all-time high of Rs 180bn: Govt had spent only
39.53pc of total annual budget as of Tuesday (ht
05/05/2016), Govt
sitting
on Rs 100 billion, unable to spend: 21 national pride
projects and 326 under priority one suffer, by
Laxman Biyogi (rep 05/05/2016)
Roads
to
China border top budget priority (kp 04/05/2016)
Spend
it:
Without sensible SOPs, Nepal risks entrenching its low
absorption capacity (kp 03/05/2016)
Budget
for
next fiscal: Stumbling blocks and options, by
Dilli Raj Khanal (ht 02/05/2016)
Govt
fails
to buck spending trend, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 30/04/2016), Secys
told
to expedite spending: Govt treasury has Rs 170b
unspent even as fiscal year draws to close (kp
30/04/2016)
Budget
session
from May 3 (kp 27/04/2016)
NPC
proposes
budget reduction: Says resources needed for
reconstruction; Fixes ceiling at Rs 909bn, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/04/2016)
FinMin,
MPs
not serious about budget: Finance committee members
(rep 20/04/2016)
‘Next
budget
to focus on investment-friendly climate’ (ht
13/04/2016)
Govt
to
start budget discussions today (kp 03/04/2016)
Govt
has
to spend Rs 1.66b daily to use up development budget,
by Kuvera Chalise (rep 26/03/2016)
National
Pride
Projects: Only 8 percent of budget utilised (kp
08/03/2016)
Govt
announces
schedule for planned internal debt (kp 02/03/2016)
Govt
needs
to spend Rs 1.39 billion development expenditure every
day, by Kuvera Chalise (rep 29/02/2016)
NPC
caps
next year’s public expenditure at Rs 908 billion:
Budget ceiling likely to be revised, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 25/02/2016)
Mid-term
review
of budget: Govt says will miss economic targets
(kp 19/02/2016)
Capital
spending
likely to take a big hit this fiscal year (ht
20/10/2016), Meagre
development
budget spent so far (ht 22/01/2016)
6pc
of
capital budget spent in first 5 months (kp
30/12/2015)
Spending
Rs74
billion this fiscal ‘unlikely’, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 09/12/2015)
Country’s
score
in budget transparency plummets to 24 (ht
25/11/2015)
Govt
expenditure
dipped to 69.9pc in FY 2014-15 (kp 12/09/2015)
Govt
faces
challenge to endorse budget, by Binod Ghimire (kp
04/08/2015), UCPN-M,
UML
boycott debate on budget (ht 04/08/2015)
Govt
backtracks
on earlier decision, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
29/07/2015)
Art
of
spending: A complete change of mindset is required to
make budgets work in Nepal, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
21/07/2015)
Govt
has
significantly reduced education and health budget,
interview with Vidhyadhar Mallik (kp 20/07/2015)
Govt
spent
82.78pc of budget last fiscal (ht 19/07/2015)
Many
measures
recommended by PDNA not included in budget, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 18/07/2015)
President
endorses
Vote on Account Bill (ht 17/07/2015)
Total
expenditure
expected to reach 85pc of allocation (kp
16/07/2015)
Rs
819b
budget unveiled: With huge funds for reconstruction
and infra development, finance minister targets 6pc
growth, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/07/2015), Mahat
presents
Rs 819.47 bn budget: VAT threshold raised to Rs 5
million; Elderly allowance doubled; Rs 74 bn for
reconstruction, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
15/07/2015), Madhes
gets
special development package (kp 15/07/2015), Round-the-year
irrigation
in Tarai in five years, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/07/2015), Edu
budget
percentage lowest in 10 years, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 15/07/2015), Focus
on
academic research, teachers’management, ICT (ht
15/07/2015), Host
of
dev activites announced for Valley (kp
15/07/2015), Valley
envisioned
as national capital of federal Nepal (ht
15/07/2015), ‘One
Village,
One Doctor’ to ensure basic health for all (ht
15/07/2015), Rs7
billion
increased for social security (kp 15/07/2015), Reconstruction
gets
Rs91 billion, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 15/07/2015), Govt
allocates
Rs 91 billion for reconstruction drive (ht), Rs54
billion
for infra development (kp 15/07/2015), Most
demands
addressed: Pvt sector, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
15/07/2015), Airport
development,
tourism re-branding high on agenda: No resources
allocation for much-talked-about Second International
Airport in Nijgadh (kp 15/07/2015), Budget
unveils
big plans for infrastructure, by Ramesh Shrestha
(ht 15/07/2015), Consumer
rights:
‘No concrete programme to
address market anomalies’ (kp 16/07/2015), Budget
for
education insufficient: Stakeholders; Say given the
massive destruction caused in schools by earthquakes,
allocated fund is too low (ht 16/07/2015)
Budgeting
time:
Government must speed up the formation of
Reconstruction Authority (kp 15/07/2015)
UML,
oppn
decry NC monopoly in budget making, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 15/07/2015)
Govt
to
declare Budget Implementation Year: The objective of
Budget Implementation Year is to give the existing
development projects a shot in the arm (kp
13/07/2015), At
least
20 pc of budget sought for education (ht
13/07/2015), Budget
to
focus on quake recovery, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 14/07/2015), Budget
ceiling
lowered for physical infra ministry (kp
14/07/2015), Govt
to
unveil expansionary budget of Rs 820-825 bn (ht
14/07/2015)
Budget
to
be presented on Tuesday (kp 12/07/2015)
Road,
transport
budget to go up by over 50pc (ht 12/07/2015)
Budget
may
not be growth oriented, by Rameshore Khanal (kp
10/07/2015), Annual
budget
expected to address ballooning trade deficit, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 10/07/2015)
Target
practice:
Budgetary objectives and targets should be based on
realistic assessment, not for the sake of populism
(ht 08/07/2015)
Budget
to
target economic growth of 6pc (ht 07/07/2015)
Reconstruction
budget:
Allocation under separate head (kp 06/07/2015)
Govt
repays
more internal loans than allocated sum, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 05/07/2015)
Next
budget
to focus on rebuilding: FinMin, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/07/2015)
Govt
to
introduce new provision: Mulls action against
officials who underutilise allocated budget (ht
02/07/2015)
Draft
constitution
sets Jestha 15 for annual budget (kp 30/06/2015)
Prez
calls
budget session of Parliament from Tuesday (kp
26/06/2015)
Government
considering
new ways to fund bailout (ht 24/06/2015), Productive
sector
to need Rs 78.29bn in fiscal 2015-16 (ht
24/06/2015), Infrastructure
sector
requires Rs 11bn for reconstruction next FY (ht
24/06/2015)
Nepal’s
overall
budget credibility ranking improves (ht
20/06/2015) [??]
NPC
sets
budget ceiling at Rs880b, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 10/06/2015), NPC
fixes
budget ceiling at Rs 841 bn, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht 11/06/2015), Taxpayers
first:
It's absurd to plan intentionally huge budget while
there is severe deficiency in quality expenditure,
by Bhim Prasad Bhurtel (rep 13/06/2015)
FinMin
expects
to scrape together another Rs10b (kp 09/06/2015)
Budget
ceiling
may cross ‘Rs800 billion’ (kp 06/06/2015)
Govt
has
spent Rs 41.51 billion in one-month period since quake
(ht 27/05/2015)
Quake
effects:
Budget must now move away from cut-paste strategies
and recalibrate the discourse on rebuilding Nepal,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 26/05/2015)
Ministry
to
allot 45pc budget for rehab (kp 13/05/2015)
Budget
discussion
begins: ‘Avoid less important programmes’ (kp
19/05/2015)
Budget
presentation
deferred by a month, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
14/05/2014)
NTB
spending
less than 10pc of allotted budget (kp 24/04/2015)
Energy
Min
spends 36pc of budget by Q3 (kp 20/04/2015)
Capital
spending
to bunch towards last few months (ht 17/04/2015)
ADB:
Nepal’s
capital expenditure too low (kp 25/03/2015)
‘Financial
year
should begin from mid-June’ (ht 24/03/2015)
4
key ministries show low capital spending: As of the
first eight months of the fiscal year, they have been
able to spend only Rs 20.51 billion out of their
combined budget allocation of Rs 91.43 billion, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 20/03/2015)
FM
tells
officials to make early start on budget (kp
06/03/2015), FinMin
plans
budget by mid-May: Early submission expected to help
expedite development project works (ht 06/03/2015)
NPC
extends
budget ceiling of Rs 483.64bn to various ministries
(ht 05/03/2015)
Lack
of
accountability behind low capital spending (rep
27/02/2015)
Government
aims
to spend 85pc of capital budget (ht 24/02/2015)
Industry
Ministry
wants three-fold budget hike (kp 21/02/2015)
PM
instructs
ministries to spend money: Asks them to utilise
allocated budget without fear of facing corruption
charges from CIAA (ht 12/02/2015)
Budget
ceiling
fixed at Rs 735b (kp 10/02/2015), Budget
ceiling
of Rs 735.47 billion fixed for next fiscal (ht
10/02/2015)
Low
spending:
Govt sitting on Rs 95b: As of January 18, capital
expenditure came to Rs 15 billion out of the budget of
Rs 117 billion allocated for this fiscal year, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/01/2015)
A
poor start all over again: Govt spending pattern in
the first half of last 4 fiscal years slow and
unproductive, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
20/01/2015)
MoF,
NPC
to jointly monitor capital budget spending (kp
04/01/2015)
Reap
what
you sow: SAARC Kathmandu Summit provides lessons on
capital expenditure that must be replicated through
the fiscal year, by Karishma Shakya (kp
19/12/2014)
Budget
for
target groups used arbitrarily (ht 19/12/2014)
Budget
session:
39 days wasted in wrangle with opposition (kp
10/11/2014), President
ends
budget session (ht 10/11/2014)
Parliament
endorses
two Bills related to budget (ht 20/10/2014)
Finance
Committee
for fixed dates for budget process, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 18/10/2014)
Govt
spending
in first quarter just 11 per cent, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 18/10/2014) [How is
this possible, as the budget for this year has still
not been adopted by parliament??]
Govt
reluctant
to change fiscal year calendar (ht 16/10/2014)
Lawmakers
call
for early budget (kp 16/10/2014) [Early?
It
was due on 15 July 2014!!], Finance
Committee
to fix dates for budget presentation, approval
(rep 16/10/2014)
Parliament
fails
to ratify: Bills related to budget, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 26/09/2014)
Government
set
to decentralise budget allocation process (ht
16/09/2014)
70
percent
capital expenditure in last two months of FY14, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/08/2014)
Budget
allocation
for social security on the rise (kp 07/08/2014)
Discussion
put
on hold over oppn threat, again (kp 01/08/2014), Budget
Discussion
Put Off Yet Again, by Ashok Dahal (rep 01/08/2014)
Vacuous
budget:
Ram Sharan's budget was an utter disappointment for he
follows the same beaten track of his predecessors,
saying nothing different, by Sukhdev Shah (rep
29/07/2014)
Lucky
Mahat’s
Modest Budget, by Tilak Rawal (sp 25/07/2014)
Hogging
it
all: The government aims to spend a third of the
annual budget, Rs 202 billion, on itself, vy
Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 25/07/2014)
Financial
bill
cuts facilities announced in budget, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 24/07/2014)
FinMin
gives
25 days to get schemes okayed (kp 24/07/2014)
Post-budget
discussion
to be delayed (kp 23/07/2013), Debate
on
budgetallocation delayed (ht 24/07/2014)
Following
through:
We need real action to convert the intent of the
budget into reality, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
22/07/2014)
Budget
2014/15:
Illusory to an extent, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht
22/07/2014)
Budget
and
beyond: Nepal’s fiscal policy has failed repeatedly in
implementing an inclusive-growth agenda; this budget
is no exception, by Ram C. Acharya (kp
21/07/2014), Whither
The
Second Generation Reform?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
21/07/2014)
Budget
disappoints
dealers of electric vehicles, by Sujan Dhungana
(rep 21/07/2014)
Strengths
and
snags: Given the sorry state of infrastructure
investment is crucial to raising our productivity and
reviving the manufacturing sector, by Ram Khadka
(rep 20/07/2014)
Promising
start:
The new reform-oriented budget shows that the Finance
Minister has done his homework, by Surya B. Prasai
(kp 18/07/2014), High-sounding
budget
holds little water, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (rep
18/07/2014)
Parliament
gives
first nod to Budget Bill: Oppn parties threaten to
disrupt next session if their demands are not met,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/07/2014), House
endorses
budget despite criticisms (rep 17/07/2014), Ruling
parties’
members back Dahal in condemning budget (ht
17/07/2014)
Shooting
in
the dark: This budget has little to offer in the
absence of political consensus on a roadmap for
economic prosperity, by Achyut Wagle (kp
17/07/2014), The
new
budget will contribute to inflation, interview
with Bishwambher Pyakuryal (rep
17/07/2014)
President
endorses
Vote on Account Bill (ht 17/07/2014)
Budgeting
for
bikas: A consensual agenda that propels us to
broad-based economic growth is as urgent as the new
constitution, by Swarnim Waglé (kp 16/07/2014)
Rs
67
billion to go unspent this FY (kp 15/07/2014)
Nepal
Budget
2014-15: Govt presents Rs 618 billion budget; But
allocates Rs 10 million to each lawmaker under
controversial Constituent Development Fund, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/07/2014), Govt
presents
Rs 618.10bn budget: Promises to end power cuts in
three years; Incentives for hydel projects, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 14/07/2014), Analysis:
‘Architect’
Mahat misses reforms bus, by Mukul Humagain (kp
14/07/2014), Oppn
parties
dub budget ‘anti-people’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 14/07/2014), Infrastructure
development
gets budget priority: Govt to ensure minimum
investment of Rs 50m in each constituency, provide Rs
10m to each CA member initially, by Ramesh
Shrestha (kp), 13.92
percent
pie for education, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/07/2014), Education
budget
lowest in decade: ‘There’s neither any new programme,
nor can the allocation be termed encouraging’ (ht
14/07/2014), Health
sector
gets Rs 33.5 billion, by Manish Gautam (kp
14/07/2014), Govt
committed
to improving health service (ht 14/07/2014), Agri
loans
for youth at not more than 6pc interest: Agri budget’s
share in national budget down, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 14/07/2014), Huge
resource
boost for infra sector: Allocates more than Rs 50
billion for energy and road connectivity, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 14/07/2014), Rs
7b
for construction, upgradation of airports (kp
14/07/2014), Few
new
programmes for financial sector, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 14/07/2014), Budget
drawsmixed
reactionsfrom mofussil entrepreneurs (ht
14/07/2014), FinMin
defends
CDF allocation‘: Cheap loan has potential to transform
agriculture’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/07/2014),
Maoists
against
budget’s push for liberalisation, privatisation
(kp 15/07/2014), Can
the
govtfully utilisethe budget?, by Rupak D. Sharma
(ht 15/07/2014), No
mention
of SAARC Summit in financeminister’s speech! (ht
15/07/2014), New
promises
The budget should be implemented and not just be
limited to paper (kp 15/07/2014), Capital
budget
‘insufficient’ to achieve 6pc growth target (kp
15/07/2014), Leaders
point
out what’s lacking in budget (ht 15/07/2014), Budget
provisions
fast-track justice in VAW cases; Clarity on
implementation needed: Supreme Court spokesman, by
Nabin Khatiwada (rep 15/07/2014), Mixed
reaction
to budget allocated to health sector: Minister
Adhikari unhappy over fund cuts (rep 15/07/2014),
Neglected
greens:
The meager budgetary allocation for agriculture does
not indicate it is a government priority sector,
by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 15/07/2014),
Experts cast doubt on govt's ability to acehive growth
targets, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 15/07/2014), Opposition
rails
against budget (kp 16/07/2014), Subsidy
schemes
account for 60pc of govt farm budget (kp
16/07/2014), Budget
planless
on deficit: CNI (kp 16/07/2014), Budget
Focussed
On Economic Reforms, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
16/07/2014), Budget
comes
under criticism in Parliament (ht 16/07/2014), Opposition
leaders
come down heavily on budget (rep 16/07/2014), Madhes
leaders
say budget ignored their cause, by Nabin Khatiwada
(rep 17/07/2014),
CDF
Allocations:
A Case Of Misplaced Priority, by Mukti Rijal (rn
17/07/2014)
Budget
today:
Infra, reforms to get push, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 13/07/2014), ‘New
budget
will be reform-oriented’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 13/07/2014), With
high
expectations, private sector awaits pro-growth budget
(kp 13/07/2014)
NTD
seeks
youth-centric budget: Nepal Tarun Dal delegation calls
on Finance Minister Mahat (ht 11/07/2014)
Budget
size
within NPC ceiling difficult: Mahat, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 10/07/2014)
Two-thirds
of
capital expenditure in the final trimester, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 10/07/2014)
Implementation
is
key, by Shanker Koirala (kp 06/07/2014)
Energy
and
manufacturing should be the mantra, by Pradeep
Jung Pandey (kp 02/07/2014)
400-billion-rupee
budget
to be brought: Mahat (ht 26/06/2014), Infrastructure
development
top priority: Mahat (rep 26/06/2014), Budget
likely
to be unveiled by July 12: Prolonging of UML
convention may delay the announcement, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 28/06/2014)
National
budgeting
system: Urgent need for reform, by Durgesh Kumar
Pradhan (ht 20/06/2014)
Budget
likely
in mid-July: With PM leaving for the US for treatment
on Monday, budget presentation may be deferred, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/06/2014), Clear
the
way: Lengthy and progress-oriented expenditure system
constrains the effective implementation of budgest,
by Rajesh Gautam (rep 19/06/2014)
Unequal
nation:
Generous budget allocations for marginalised regions,
gender and social groups can pave way for a smoother
transition, by Arjun B. Kumal (kp 17/06/2014)
Parliament
begins
pre-budget debate, first time since ’08 (ht
14/06/2014),
Govt
to
post budget surplus again: Points to severe erosion in
capacity to make proper use of available funds (ht
14/06/2014), Pre-budget
discussion:
Budget should create jobs: Lawmakers (kp
16/06/2014), Lawmakers
continue
pre-budget debate: Disccusions scheduled for today as
well (ht 16/06/2014), Agriculture,
energy
must be top priority, say lawmakers (ht
17/06/2014)
Lawmakers
propose
goal-oriented budget (kp 14/06/2014)
‘Discuss
budget
in Parliament first’ (kp 12/06/2014), Speaker
says
‘no’ to proposal of skipping pre-budget discussions
(ht 12/06/2014)
Annual
budget
by mid-June ‘not possible’ (kp 06/06/2014), 'We
can
submit budget document by mid-June if Speaker
gives waiver to the process of pre-budget
discussion', interview with Ram Sharan Mahat (ht
09/06/2014),
Substance
abuse:
Current budget discussions (rep
09/06/2014)
CNI
seeks
Rs 10b ‘stimulus’ for industrial development (kp
06/06/2014)
Budget,
staff
transfers wedge in NC-UML ties: UML leaders miffed at
NC’s ‘unilateral’ preparations for fiscal budget,
by Bhadra Sharma (kp
31/05/2014),
UML
lawmakers
want party to quit govt: Say NC ministers taking
decisions without their consent, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht
31/05/2014),
UML
lawmakers
want party to quit govt (rep
31/05/2014),
Dahal
against
budget transfers, UML also unhappy: Fund transfers
made only for management purposes: Finance secretary,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 31/05/2014)
Under-spending
of
capital budget: Govt to hold study to identify root
causes (kp 25/05/2014)
Govt
to
prioritise energy sector (ht 19/05/2014), Budget
2014-15:
Govt to focus on infrastructure development, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/05/2014), Budget
won’t
be populist but realistic, interview with Finance
Secretary Yubaraj Bhusal (kp 23/05/2014)
Party
leaders
yet to clear arrears, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
19/05/2014)
Reallocation
of
budget gathers momentum (ht 14/05/2014)
Govt,
House
planning budget session from May 19 (rep
11/05/2014)
Budget
within
mid June, says Minister Rijal (kp 07/05/2014)
Capital
expenditure:
Most spending takes place at year-end, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 25/04/2014)
Vanishing
act:
The Auditor General’s annual report shouldn’t be
dismissed as formality (kp 23/04/2014)
Govt
spending
miserably low: Smacks of inefficient planning
mechanism, ad hoc decisions (ht 17/04/2014), Govt
sitting
on cash pile of Rs 86 billion, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 18/04/2014)
Govt
agencies
have Rs 73.2 billion in arrears (rep 12/04/2014)
FinMin
asks
ministries to rush their programme list (kp
05/04/2014)
Ministry
plans
new budget a month ahead (kp 01/04/2014)
Capital
spending
in haste may lead to low-quality work (kp
18/03/2014), Finish
construction
works by mid-June: FinMin (ht 18/03/2014), Infra
dev
fund to be set up with unspent budget, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 19/03/2014)
Capital
expenditure
reaches 20pc as fiscal year nears end (kp
08/03/2014), Capital
expenditure
in poor state: Large infrastructure projects fail to
spend the allocated budget (ht 08/03/2014), Only
Rs
19b of Rs 85b cap expenditure budget spent (kp
15/03/2014), Low
spending
of state-coffers deprives taxpayers of economic
benefits, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 14/03/2014)
Rs
596b
budget ceiling fixed for next FY (kp 07/03/2014),
Next
fiscal
year budget capped at Rs 595.92 bn, by Rupak D.
Sharma (ht 07/03/2014)
MoF
mulls
new framework: To ensure timely, proper utilisation of
budget (ht 06/03/2014)
Mid-term
budget
review: Donor-aided projects at slow pace (kp
02/03/2014)
Finance
Ministry
plans to table early budget (ht 26/02/2014)
Challenges
abound
as Mahat takes charge of Finance Ministry, by
Mukul Humagain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/02/2014),
Ministries
failing
to spend face budget cuts (kp 26/02/2014)
Capital
spending
at 18pc in first 7 months (kp 24/02/2014)
Govt
worried
about low recurrent expenditure: Only 42.91 per cent
of the total allocation of Rs 353.42 billion spent in
first seven months (ht 18/02/2014)
NPC
postpones
task of fixing budget ceiling (ht 12/02/2014)
FM
blames
ministries for low capital spending (kp
08/02/2014)
Finance
Minister
is liberal with state largesse: Long-term impact on
state coffers feared, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep
30/01/2014)
Govt
sitting
on Rs 78 bn, capital spending fails to pick up, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 25/01/2014)
FinMin
seeks
details on project contracts: Ministries had to give
an update on status of contract signing by Jan 15, but
none has done so (ht 20/01/2014)
Budget
ceiling
of Rs 600 bn likely for next year (ht 15/01/2014)
Budget
ceiling
for districts up Rs 17 billion, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/01/2014)
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