25 local levels without budget four months into the new FY

Kathmandu, Nov 16: Four months of the current fiscal year have passed but 24 local levels of Madhesh Province have not been able to present their budget yet. A total of 728 local levels presented their budget estimates for the new fiscal year 25 local levels have failed to do so.

According to the constitutional provision, the federal government must present its budget by Jestha 15 of every year, the provincial government by Asad 1, and the local levels by Asad 10 in the Lunar Calendar. Even after the completion of the quarter of the current fiscal year, 112 local levels out of a total of 136 local levels in Madhesh Province have presented their budgets but 24 local levels have not.