Problem in provinces

The provincial-level leaders should stop acting as puppets of their political masters in Kathmandu.

In the Intergovernmental Fiscal Council meeting held in Surkhet of Karnali Province this weekend, chief ministers and ministers from provincial governments made various demands before Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun, who was chairing the meeting. In the presence of chiefs and officials from the National Planning Commission and the National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission, among other entities, the provincial leaders tried to convince the top guns of the federal bodies to allocate more funds to their respective sub-national governments and allow them to generate more revenues for themselves.