KATHMANDU: As many as 201 local governments have not unveiled the budget for the fiscal year 2020/21 even 12 days after the implementation of the federal budget.
According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, only 552 local units have submitted the budget as of Sunday.
The data is based on the details entered by the concerned local units through the ministry’s portal, the ministry said. The total percentage of local units who could not bring budget stands at 26.69 %.
According to the ministry, 91 percent of the local units in Province 5 have already unveiled the budget. Now only nine percent of the budget is left to come at the local level in the province.
However, in Province 2, more than half of the local governments have not been able to bring the budget. Province 2 has a total of 136 local units. Out of them, only 58 local governments unveiled the budget.
According to the Intergovernmental Finance Management Act 2074, the local government should bring the budget by June 24. The budget should be passed by mid-July.
Because the budget cannot be implemented until it is passed by the legislature of the concerned government.
Without the budget, development work will not be able to move forward according to the priorities of the local government.
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