Dhangadhi. The Sudurpaschim Province government has presented a budget of Rs 37.70 billion for the next financial year 2083/84. Economic Affairs Minister Bikram Singh Dhami presented the budget in the provincial assembly at 11:30 pm on Monday.
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Although there was an agenda to present the budget at 5 pm, the budget presentation was delayed due to the failure to reach an agreement on the budget and program allocation within the ruling coalition. Finally, the budget was presented in the state assembly meeting held late at night.
While the budget was being presented, the opposition bench in the state assembly was empty. The MPs of the main opposition party CPN (Maoist Centre) and National Democratic Party (RPP) boycotted the meeting saying that the budget was brought after midnight. After the opposition MPs walked out, Speaker Bhim Bahadur Bhandari continued the meeting.
Although Finance Minister Dhami announced a budget of Rs 37 billion 70 crore, he did not disclose the details of current expenditure and capital expenditure. Even the ministerial budget allocation is not included in the speech. In the previous budgets, there was a practice of disclosing the allocation in a ministerial manner, but this time the details were not forthcoming, and the preparation of the budget has been questioned.
According to the source, the ministries could not finalize the detailed programs and allocations as the dispute between the ruling partner Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) over the allocation of the budget and the priority of the plan continued till the end. It is said that the impact of the budget speech.
Even though the provincial government has brought a budget of nearly four billion rupees more than the current financial year, it is seen that there will be more debate on the budget due to the lack of clear details about the structure of expenses and the allocation of ministries.