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             Govt revenue and
                                                          spending
                                                          plummet in
                                                          wake of Gen-Z
                                                          movement
                                                          (kh
                                                          03/11/2025) 
                                                           
            Budget
                                                          implementation
                                                          hit as federal
                                                          govt withholds
                                                          grant
                                                          transfers to
                                                          provinces,
                                                          local levels
                                                          (kh
                                                          01/11/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt spends 18
                                                          percent of
                                                          annual budget
                                                          in first
                                                          quarter
                                                          (kh
                                                          18/10/2025), Capital
                                                          expenditure
                                                          slumps to 4.7%
                                                          in Q1 amid
                                                          protests and
                                                          unrest :
                                                          Likewise, the
                                                          government
                                                          received
                                                          grants worth
                                                          over Rs 2
                                                          billion so far
                                                          this year. The
                                                          amount is 3.76
                                                          percent of the
                                                          target of Rs
                                                          53.44 billion
                                                          (rep
                                                          19/10/2025), Government
                                                          spends only
                                                          18.56% of
                                                          budget by
                                                          mid-October
                                                          (nn
                                                          19/10/2025) 
                                                           
            Government
                                                          in
                                                          cost-cutting
                                                          mode: Where
                                                          have the
                                                          budget cuts
                                                          hit?, by
                                                          Uddab Thapa
                                                          (nn
                                                          17/10/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          decides to
                                                          transfer
                                                          budgets for
                                                          reconstruction,
                                                          economic
                                                          recovery
                                                          (rep
                                                          11/10/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          to focus on
                                                          realistic and
                                                          credible
                                                          budget over
                                                          populist
                                                          approach
                                                          (rep
                                                          09/10/2025) 
                                                           
            Over Rs 120 billion
                                                          to be
                                                          reallocated
                                                          from budget,
                                                          earmarked for
                                                          elections and
                                                          reconstruction
                                                          (kh
                                                          18/09/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          borrows over
                                                          Rs 325 billion
                                                          in domestic
                                                          loans in one
                                                          year (rep
                                                          26/08/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          earns Rs 85.19
                                                          billion,
                                                          spends Rs
                                                          46.30 billion
                                                          in first month
                                                          of FY 2082/83
                                                          (rep
                                                          17/08/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt spending
                                                          crosses Rs 1.5
                                                          trillion in FY
                                                          2024/25
                                                          (kh
                                                          15/08/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          to raise Rs
                                                          113 billion in
                                                          domestic debt
                                                          by mid-October
                                                          amid fiscal
                                                          pressures
                                                          (rep
                                                          25/07/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt misses both
                                                          revenue and
                                                          spending
                                                          targets in FY
                                                          2024/25
                                                          (kh
                                                          18/07/2025), Federal treasury
                                                          faces Rs 204
                                                          billion
                                                          deficit as
                                                          fiscal year
                                                          ends (kh
                                                          18/07/2025) 
                                                           
            New
                                                          budget comes
                                                          into effect
                                                          from today
                                                          (rep
                                                          17/07/2025) 
                                                           
            Government spending
                                                          surges by 15%
                                                          in last month
                                                          of fiscal
                                                          year, reaching
                                                          Rs 240 billion
                                                          in 31 days
                                                          (kh
                                                          16/07/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          splurges Rs
                                                          38.61 billion
                                                          in a day;
                                                          capital
                                                          spending hits
                                                          Rs 21.73
                                                          billion :
                                                          Rampant
                                                          expenses at
                                                          the end of FY
                                                          costs high to
                                                          sustainable
                                                          economic
                                                          growth and
                                                          quality
                                                          construction:
                                                          Economists,
                                                          by Rajesh
                                                          Khanal (rep
                                                          11/07/2025) 
                                                           
            The
                                                          realities of
                                                          provincial
                                                          budgets :
                                                          Provincial
                                                          budgets
                                                          reflect
                                                          broader
                                                          challenges in
                                                          the federal
                                                          planning and
                                                          budgeting
                                                          system, by
                                                          Khim Lal
                                                          Devkota (kp
                                                          09/07/2025) 
                                                           
            Scourge
                                                          of Asare Bikas
                                                          : We are all
                                                          aware of this
                                                          awful
                                                          condition
                                                          since it is
                                                          nothing new:
                                                          each fiscal
                                                          year begins
                                                          slowly and
                                                          ends with a
                                                          frenzied rush
                                                          to spend what
                                                          remains
                                                          unspent
                                                          (rep
                                                          07/07/2025) 
                                                           
            Less
                                                          than half of
                                                          development
                                                          budget spent
                                                          with just four
                                                          days left in
                                                          FY (rep
                                                          06/07/2025) 
                                                           
            More than half of
                                                          capital budget
                                                          still
                                                          unutilized
                                                          (ae
                                                          04/07/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          speeds up
                                                          last-gasp
                                                          spending as
                                                          fiscal year
                                                          draws to a
                                                          close (rep
                                                          02/07/2025) 
                                                           
            Budget
                                                          passed amid
                                                          criticism from
                                                          both ruling
                                                          and opposition
                                                          lawmakers :
                                                          They criticise
                                                          the budget for
                                                          lacking
                                                          balance and
                                                          serving the
                                                          interests of
                                                          certain
                                                          leaders’
                                                          constituencies
                                                          (kp
                                                          25/06/2025) 
            Reclaiming
                                                          Nepal’s Budget
                                                          From Hidden
                                                          Hands, by
                                                          Prabin
                                                          Manandhar (sp
                                                          20/806/2025) 
                                                           
            Nepal spends nearly
                                                          20% of annual
                                                          budget on
                                                          public debt
                                                          repayment
                                                          (kh
                                                          19/06/2025) 
                                                           
            Budgets and public
                                                          accountability,
                                                          by Anurag
                                                          Gupta and
                                                          Abhinav
                                                          Timsina (ae
                                                          17/06/2025) 
                                                           
            Capital spending
                                                          still at 41
                                                          percent as
                                                          fiscal year
                                                          nears close
                                                          (ae
                                                          17/06/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt’s
                                                          capital
                                                          expenditure
                                                          stands at 40.7
                                                          pc while
                                                          revenue
                                                          collection
                                                          hits 71 pc of
                                                          target
                                                          (rep
                                                          16/06/2025) 
                                                           
            A
                                                          closer look at
                                                          the budget :
                                                          The federal
                                                          government
                                                          must not
                                                          undertake
                                                          projects that
                                                          fall within
                                                          the
                                                          jurisdiction
                                                          of provincial
                                                          or local
                                                          levels, by
                                                          Khim Lal
                                                          Devkota (kp
                                                          11/06/2025) 
                                                           
            Total
                                                          govt
                                                          expenditure
                                                          stands at Rs
                                                          1157.89 in
                                                          last 10 months
                                                          of FY 2024/25
                                                          (rep
                                                          11/06/2025) 
                                                           
            Budget neglects
                                                          laborers and
                                                          cooperative
                                                          victims:
                                                          Barshaman Pun
                                                          (kh
                                                          09/06/2025) 
                                                           
            Experts doubt new
                                                          budget can
                                                          address
                                                          Nepal’s
                                                          economic
                                                          challenges
                                                          (kh
                                                          07/06/2025) 
            Budget
                                                          Control
                                                          (sp
                                                          06/06/2025) 
            Chandra
                                                          Prasad Dhakal
                                                          : Private
                                                          Sector First
                                                          (sp
                                                          06/06/2025) 
                                                           
            National
                                                          Planning
                                                          Commission to
                                                          strictly
                                                          monitor budget
                                                          implementation
                                                          (kh
                                                          04/06/2025) 
            Budget
                                                          will now focus
                                                          on projects
                                                          above Rs 50
                                                          million:
                                                          Infrastructure
                                                          Minister
                                                          (kh04/06/2025) 
                                                           
            A
                                                          missed
                                                          opportunity :
                                                          The budget for
                                                          FY 2025-26
                                                          lacks reforms
                                                          and direction
                                                          to drive
                                                          change in
                                                          Nepal, by
                                                          Bhojraj Poudel
                                                          (kp
                                                          03/06/2025) 
                                                           
            Federal
                                                          budget
                                                          allocations to
                                                          provinces:
                                                          Karnali gets
                                                          the highest,
                                                          Gandaki least
                                                          (rn
                                                          02/06/2025) 
                                                           
            A
                                                          Blend of
                                                          Cautious
                                                          Pragmatism,
                                                          Selective
                                                          Ambition and
                                                          Missed
                                                          Opportunities
                                                          (rep
                                                          01/06/2025) 
                                                           
            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
                                                          (kp
                                                          31/05/2025) 
            Understanding
                                                          Nepal's
                                                          underspending
                                                          : The problem
                                                          is not the
                                                          lack of cash,
                                                          it is the
                                                          government’s
                                                          inability to
                                                          spend its
                                                          budget, by
                                                          Shristi Karki
                                                          (nt
                                                          30/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Nepal’s
                                                          record Rs1.96
                                                          trillion
                                                          budget makes
                                                          bold promises
                                                          amid a bleak
                                                          outlook :
                                                          Budget aims
                                                          for 6 percent
                                                          growth and
                                                          supports
                                                          private
                                                          investment.
                                                          Doubts over
                                                          implementation
                                                          in a climate
                                                          of political
                                                          instability
                                                          and poor
                                                          spending,
                                                          by Sangam
                                                          Prasain (kp
                                                          30/05/2025), Education
                                                          budget sees no
                                                          departure :
                                                          The allocation
                                                          is just 10.75
                                                          percent of the
                                                          national
                                                          budget,
                                                          smaller than
                                                          this year’s
                                                          pie (kp
                                                          30/05/2025), Health
                                                          sector gets
                                                          Rs95.81
                                                          billion : As
                                                          the sector’s
                                                          liabilities
                                                          are high, 0.3
                                                          percent
                                                          increment of
                                                          the health
                                                          budget won’t
                                                          be enough to
                                                          meet
                                                          Sustainable
                                                          Development
                                                          Goals (kp
                                                          30/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Finance
                                                          Minister
                                                          allocates 33%
                                                          of national
                                                          budget to his
                                                          own ministry
                                                          (kh
                                                          30/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Here’s
                                                          how much each
                                                          ministry was
                                                          allocated for
                                                          FY 2025/26
                                                          (kh
                                                          29/05/2025) 
                                                           
            As
                                                          spending lags,
                                                          govt bets on
                                                          bigger budget
                                                          for FY 2025/26
                                                          (kh
                                                          29/05/2025), Govt
                                                          announces
                                                          budget of Rs
                                                          1.964 trillion
                                                          for FY 2025/26
                                                          (rep
                                                          29/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Only
                                                          about a third
                                                          of capital
                                                          budget spent
                                                          in 10 months
                                                          (ae
                                                          21/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Size
                                                          of new FY
                                                          budget to
                                                          decrease in
                                                          Gandaki
                                                          Province
                                                          (kh
                                                          18/05/2025) 
            Bagmati
                                                          Province
                                                          government
                                                          spends only 38
                                                          percent of
                                                          budget in 10
                                                          months (kh
                                                          18/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt's
                                                          capital
                                                          expenditure at
                                                          34%, revenue
                                                          collection at
                                                          65% in 10
                                                          months
                                                          (rep
                                                          15/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Cash
                                                          crunch forces
                                                          Nepal to halt
                                                          on-site drug
                                                          testing : Drug
                                                          regulator says
                                                          the proposed
                                                          budget for new
                                                          fiscal year
                                                          will be just
                                                          enough for
                                                          salaries,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          13/05/2025) [A very competent government, isn't it?] 
            Private
                                                          sector urges
                                                          govt to
                                                          conduct
                                                          quarterly
                                                          assessment of
                                                          development
                                                          expenditure
                                                          (rep
                                                          13/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Government
                                                          advised to
                                                          present a
                                                          budget that
                                                          boosts hope :
                                                          The meeting
                                                          reportedly
                                                          stressed
                                                          making
                                                          development
                                                          efforts more
                                                          effective and
                                                          timely, and
                                                          preventing the
                                                          misuse of
                                                          resources
                                                          (kp
                                                          01/05/2025)) [A budget that is not implemented remains a pointless
                                                          utopia!],
                                                          Delayed development
                                                          dreams (ae
                                                          09/05/2025) 
                                                           
            Budget-making
                                                          through a
                                                          federal lens :
                                                          Finance
                                                          minister has
                                                          the
                                                          opportunity to
                                                          reshape the
                                                          budget in line
                                                          with federal
                                                          principles,
                                                          by Khim Lal
                                                          Devkota (kp
                                                          30/04/2025) 
            High
                                                          budget
                                                          surrender
                                                          reflects low
                                                          spending
                                                          capacity
                                                          (ae
                                                          30/04/2025) 
                                                           
            Over
                                                          five billion
                                                          unspent budget
                                                          returned to
                                                          state treasury
                                                          (kh
                                                          27/04/2025) 
                                                           
            NNRFC
                                                          recommends
                                                          borrowing
                                                          limit of 5% of
                                                          GDP for
                                                          Federal Govt
                                                          (kh
                                                          15/04/2025) 
                                                           
            Capital
                                                          expenditure
                                                          drops to 29%
                                                          (kh
                                                          14/04/2025) 
                                                           
            Government
                                                          spends Rs
                                                          839.36 billion
                                                          in first eight
                                                          months of FY
                                                          2024/25
                                                          (kh
                                                          09/04/2025) 
                                                           
            Can
                                                          the govt’s
                                                          budget address
                                                          Nepal’s
                                                          growing
                                                          economic
                                                          crisis? With
                                                          external aid
                                                          dwindling and
                                                          internal
                                                          revenue goals
                                                          unmet, the
                                                          government
                                                          faces the
                                                          challenge of
                                                          crafting a
                                                          budget that
                                                          can stimulate
                                                          growth and
                                                          align with
                                                          constitutional
                                                          priorities,
                                                          by Narayan
                                                          Aryal (kh
                                                          04/04/2025) 
                                                           
            Health
                                                          ministry
                                                          braces for Rs3
                                                          billion budget
                                                          cut next year
                                                          : Finance
                                                          ministry has
                                                          capped next
                                                          year’s health
                                                          budget at Rs83
                                                          billion even
                                                          as the US
                                                          halts its aid,
                                                          by Arjun
                                                          Poudel (kp
                                                          08/03/2025) [??] 
                                                           
            Budget
                                                          deficit widens
                                                          to Rs 110bn
                                                          (ae
                                                          03/03/2025) 
                                                           
            Budget
                                                          estimates of
                                                          around Rs 1.9
                                                          trillion in
                                                          the offing
                                                          (kh
                                                          01/03/2025) [The budget is always a farce because, thanks to the
                                                          incompetent
                                                          government,
                                                          only a
                                                          fraction of it
                                                          is actually
                                                          invested!],
                                                          Budget
                                                          works begin
                                                          under Rs1.9
                                                          trillion
                                                          ceiling for
                                                          next fiscal
                                                          year :
                                                          Government
                                                          under pressure
                                                          to manage
                                                          resources in
                                                          view of US aid
                                                          cuts including
                                                          Millennium
                                                          Challenge
                                                          Corporation
                                                          funding
                                                          (kp
                                                          02/03/2025) 
                                                           
            Government's
                                                          income,
                                                          expenditure
                                                          remain weak in
                                                          seven months
                                                          (rn
                                                          14/02/2025) 
                                                           
            Budget
                                                          trimmed by 9
                                                          percent,
                                                          citing low
                                                          spending
                                                          capacity : The
                                                          revised
                                                          estimate is
                                                          Rs1.69
                                                          trillion. Only
                                                          35.89 percent,
                                                          or Rs667.6
                                                          billion, spent
                                                          in the first
                                                          six months,
                                                          by Sangam
                                                          Prasain (kp
                                                          07/02/2025) 
            Only
                                                          25.70% of
                                                          budget spent
                                                          on National
                                                          Pride Projects
                                                          (rep
                                                          07/02/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt’s
                                                          total
                                                          expenditure
                                                          reaches Rs
                                                          667.60 billion
                                                          in last six
                                                          months (kh
                                                          04/02/2025) 
                                                           
            Nepal’s
                                                          upcoming
                                                          budget to face
                                                          significant
                                                          reduction amid
                                                          financial
                                                          constraints :
                                                          The upcoming
                                                          budget will
                                                          likely reflect
                                                          the severe
                                                          financial
                                                          challenges
                                                          facing the
                                                          country
                                                          (kh
                                                          23/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Development
                                                          spending
                                                          stalls at 16
                                                          percent
                                                          (ae
                                                          16/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Half-yearly
                                                          review of
                                                          budget: 39%
                                                          income, 35%
                                                          expenditures
                                                          (rn
                                                          14/01/2025), Govt
                                                          fails to meet
                                                          capital
                                                          expenditure
                                                          target,
                                                          spending only
                                                          16.16% in
                                                          first half of
                                                          FY 2024/25
                                                          (rep
                                                          14/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Only
                                                          11.58 percent
                                                          of capital
                                                          budget
                                                          utilized in
                                                          five months
                                                          (ae
                                                          06/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Govt’s
                                                          deficit budget
                                                          continues to
                                                          push citizens
                                                          into debt trap
                                                          : Nearly 30
                                                          percent of the
                                                          budget—Rs
                                                          547.67
                                                          billion—remains
                                                          unfunded
                                                          (kh
                                                          04/01/2025) 
                                                           
            Budget
                                                          calendar in
                                                          disarray due
                                                          to delayed
                                                          legal
                                                          amendments
                                                          (kh
                                                          28/12/2024) 
            Bagmati
                                                          Province
                                                          spends only
                                                          12% of budget
                                                          in fiscal year
                                                          (kh
                                                          28/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Federal
                                                          funding delay
                                                          stalls
                                                          construction
                                                          of basic
                                                          hospital in
                                                          Baglung’s
                                                          remote village
                                                          : Residents of
                                                          two wards in
                                                          Nisikhola
                                                          Rural
                                                          Municipality
                                                          have to travel
                                                          up to 130 km
                                                          for hospital
                                                          services due
                                                          to the lack of
                                                          a healthcare
                                                          facility
                                                          nearby, by
                                                          Prakash Baral
                                                          (kp
                                                          17/12/2024) [Presumably there isn't enough money. After all, an
                                                          incredible 11
                                                          per cent of
                                                          the money
                                                          planned in the
                                                          budget has
                                                          already been
                                                          spent within
                                                          five months!] 
                                                           
            Capital
                                                          expenditure
                                                          hits just 11%,
                                                          revenue
                                                          collection at
                                                          28% (kh
                                                          16/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Budget
                                                          reforms for
                                                          subnational
                                                          autonomy :
                                                          Conditional
                                                          grants given
                                                          to subnational
                                                          governments in
                                                          Nepal are
                                                          restricted,
                                                          by Khim Lal
                                                          Devkota (kp
                                                          11/12/2024) 
                                                           
            Sudurpashchim
                                                          govt spends
                                                          just 9% budget
                                                          (rn
                                                          30/11/2024) 
                                                           
            'Capital
                                                          spending
                                                          warrants
                                                          policy and
                                                          structural
                                                          reforms',
                                                          by Hemant
                                                          Joshi (rn
                                                          23/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Only
                                                          9.8 percent of
                                                          development
                                                          budget spent
                                                          in four months
                                                          (ae
                                                          18/11/2024) 
                                                           
            Capital
                                                          expenditure
                                                          increases by
                                                          65 percent in
                                                          three months:
                                                          Finance
                                                          Ministry
                                                          (kh
                                                          18/10/2024) 
                                                           
            Only
                                                          25% of private
                                                          sector
                                                          projects in
                                                          last year’s
                                                          budget fully
                                                          implemented
                                                          (kh
                                                          21/08/2024) 
            Governance
                                                          gaps in health
                                                          and
                                                          agriculture :
                                                          We must align
                                                          budget
                                                          allocations
                                                          with policy
                                                          priorities to
                                                          ensure
                                                          adequate
                                                          funding for
                                                          these areas,
                                                          by Akalal
                                                          Chalaune (kp
                                                          21/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          revenue of Rs
                                                          96.95 billion
                                                          is twice the
                                                          spending in
                                                          first month of
                                                          current FY
                                                          (rep
                                                          17/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Capital
                                                          expenditure
                                                          growth enters
                                                          slow lane
                                                          after Covid :
                                                          In the past
                                                          four years,
                                                          the average
                                                          capital
                                                          spending has
                                                          remained at 60
                                                          percent,
                                                          demonstrating
                                                          the slow pace
                                                          of economic
                                                          and
                                                          development
                                                          activities,
                                                          by Krishana
                                                          Prasain (kp
                                                          20/07/2024) 
            FY
                                                          2023/24:
                                                          Revenue
                                                          collection,
                                                          expenditures
                                                          fail to meet
                                                          targets
                                                          (ae
                                                          18/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          issues
                                                          73-point
                                                          guideline for
                                                          budget
                                                          enforcement
                                                          (kh
                                                          17/07/2024) 
                                                           
            FY
                                                          2023-24
                                                          Review:
                                                          Revenue
                                                          collection and
                                                          expenditures
                                                          fall short of
                                                          targets
                                                          (kh
                                                          16/07/2024) 
                                                           
            Govt
                                                          continues
                                                          spending
                                                          excessively in
                                                          the last month
                                                          (rep
                                                          09/07/2024) 
            Capital
                                                          expenditure
                                                          only 52
                                                          percent on
                                                          final payment
                                                          day: Spending
                                                          exceeds
                                                          revenue by Rs
                                                          319 billion
                                                            |