Budget draining out: Is federalism becoming exorbitantly costly for Nepal?

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s transition from a unitary to a federal system of governance has been quite daunting despite the fact that the central government has formulated and approved several related laws.

The Constitution of Nepal has entrusted the executive, legislative, and the judicial functions to all three tiers of the government — the federal government, state government and the local government — under shared and exclusive jurisdictions.