Private sector has mixed reactions to 2025–26 budget

Businesses and enterprises welcome supportive measures of the federal budget but criticise the lack of clarity, regional focus, and spending viability.

The private sector has given a mixed response to the federal budget for fiscal year 2025–26, presented by Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel at the Federal Parliament on Thursday. The government unveiled a Rs1.96 trillion budget, which is 5.6 percent larger than the current fiscal year's financial plan.