The big and promising plans launched by the Lumbini state government have been limited to announcements. With the change in the leadership of the government, even the plans that cost crores have been stalled due to lack of additional budget. Some plans have been lost without being implemented.

During the first tenure of the Lumbini government, UML leader Shankar Pokharel became the chief minister for three and a half years and Maoist leader Kul Prasad KC became the chief minister for one and a half years . Among them, some of the plans put forward by Pokharel were implemented but could not be completed, some were not implemented at all. Maoist's KC, who served as the second chief minister for one and a half years, cut the budget of many schemes put forward by Pokharel. KC's tenure ended in more controversy than the implementation of the plan . 

In the first 5 years of the state assembly, more than one trillion 4.78 billion budget has been spent in Lumbini . However, no model work (plan) was seen in the province. Implementation and naming of the permanent capital of the province, 72 bills passed and certified as laws and 30 regulations prepared are considered as major achievements by the Lumbini government. 

The Pokharel-led government had announced that in the first policy and program and budget, 4 sub-metropolitan cities of the province would be mixed with other municipalities to form 3 metropolitan cities. The residents of the respective local level were excited about the announcement of forming three metropolises by merging Butwal-Tilottama-Bhairawa, Ghorahi-Tulsipur and Nepalganj-Kohalpur. However, the government's plan was limited to the announcement. Shivraj Subedi, the former head of Butwal sub-metropolitan city, said that the Lumbini government failed to declare it a metropolis.

Former Physical Infrastructure Development Minister of Lumbini, Baijnath Choudhary says that the state withdrew its hands after the urban development and building department of the federal government started the study for the metropolis. "In the first year, the province allocated a budget of 500 million to study the matter of making a metropolitan city," he said, "After spending some money, the federal government said that it would study by itself. When the resources of the province were low, we also said it was fine, but later the work did not proceed."

In the first year's budget, a budget of 55 million was allocated for the operation of electric buses in Rupandehi, Dang and Banke and the establishment of charging stations. Similarly, there was a budget of 5 crores to operate the tourist bus. However, out of the 105 million rupees, 275 million rupees have been spent on those programs which are now stalled. 

The tourist bus brought to operate in Lumbini has also been stuck for four years. Similarly, the government had announced to operate a monorail from Ramgram to Tilaurakot via Lumbini. That plan was not implemented. In the budget of 2075/76, 20 million was allocated to build a trauma center and a mobile hospital in the province and 25 million to build a food quality testing laboratory. As there is only one food quality measurement center in the entire province, consumers were excited about the plan to build another laboratory. However, that too was not implemented . 

Tej Prasad Pathak, President of Consumer Interest Protection Forum Lumbini said that there is still a need for a food quality laboratory in the province. "Even now, we are demanding a laboratory," he said, "but the previous and current governments are not willing to listen to it." It was announced to establish a senior citizens' hospital and a women's and children's hospital at a suitable location within the province. Damodar Bhusal, outgoing member of the State Planning Commission, says that all these plans are limited to the budget statement.

In 2076/077, the Lumbini state government started the construction of 'Smart Refresh Center' with state-of-the-art facilities costing about 110 million at three locations on the East-West Highway. With the change in the leadership of the government, they have been stuck after spending more than 7.5 million. 

When Shankar Pokharel was the chief minister, construction of refresh centers was started at five places from Bardghat to Bardiya. The construction of a refresh center in an area of ​​about one bigha was started with the aim of reducing the accidents that may occur due to fatigue of long-distance drivers, providing quality facilities of food, refreshments and toilets along with the comfort of drivers and passengers . There was a plan to build toilet, shower room, parking area, washing area, sitting area, path way, charging station, snack facility, driver room and park in the center. Out of the five places, the construction did not start due to land dispute in Lamhi of Dang and lack of land in Bardia. However, more than 50 percent of the centers in three locations are now stalled. 

Construction of 5 Smart Refresh Centers was started at Bardghat in West Nawalparasi, Sainamaina in Rupandehi, Chandrauta in Kapilvastu, Lamhi in Dang and Bardia under East-West Highway. Although the foundation stone was laid with the goal of construction within 2 years, the plan was not prioritized by the last government, but it was stuck due to lack of budget. 3 crore 18 lakh in Bardghat, 3 crore 55 lakh in Sainamaina in Rupandehi, 4 crore 2 lakh in Chandrauta. However, due to the payment of 23 million for Bardghat, 26.1 million for Sainamaina and 35.55 million for Chandrauta, the work has been stopped, said Gunanidhi Pokharel, spokesperson of the Ministry of Urban Development and Water Supply and Head of Water Supply Division. 

The Ministry has informed that although there is a budget allocation of 60 million to establish a pesticide residue testing laboratory in Rupandehi, the work has not progressed. Nishan Bhattarai, a local, said that even though a budget of 25 million was allocated to build a multipurpose botanical garden in Ghorahi of Dang, it was not used. He said, "The open theater built at a cost of 20 million in Dangkai Ghordaura is not being built and it is collapsing."

After being appointed as the Chief Minister on July 28, 2078, Kul Prasad KC, leader of the Maoist Center, got into controversy from the very beginning of the formation of the government. Criticism started after KC increased the provincial government, which Pokharel was operating with a 6-member cabinet, to 17 members. Most of the schemes put forward by the Pokharel government were cut during his tenure. The budget was not allocated by naming many schemes. KC transformed the Chief Minister's Rural Development Program, which became effective after Pokhrel, into the Chief Minister's Educational Reform Program. After removing the staff working in the community and taking them to another title, the chief minister's educational reform program did not give any results as the time ran out in the process of staff appointment, procedures and standards. 

Bhusal, a former member of the Provincial Planning Commission, said that both the programs promoted by the name of the Chief Minister have become programs to foster workers rather than reform. "It has been proven that it was not brought for the improvement of the people's living standards and effective implementation," he said, "The program costing more than 1 crore annually was done without study, for the benefit of some party workers and teachers."

He says that new and rewarding programs such as the establishment of a provincial bank, the establishment of a natural fertilizer industry, which were brought forward in consultation with the Provincial Planning Commission, have also been stalled. Even during Chief Minister KC's time, budget was allocated for some citizen-oriented programs such as establishment of an industrial village in one constituency, senior citizen village in Sainamaina of Rupandehi, one pool in one ward, skill institute with a laboratory in Pyuthan, but most of the work was not started.

After KC, the provincial government was formed under the leadership of UML's Leela Giri as the second term in December 2079. The Giri-led government could not even come up with a budget and collapsed within three and a half months. Then Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary of Congress became the Chief Minister. The budget brought by him also cut the plan and budget brought by the KC-led government. He had put forward an ambitious plan like giving employment to 200 people a year in Lumbini province, processing the herbs of the province, producing and branding Mauva liquor. The Chief Minister himself had set aside 2 billion budget for programs like employment of 200 people, branding of alcohol. However, after about 11 months, the Chaudhary-led government collapsed. Most of the plans put forward by him were also stalled without being implemented.

In March 2080, Jokh Bahadur Mahara of Maoist became the Chief Minister . Mahara, who became the chief minister for only 4 months, did not announce any new program. Chetnarayan Acharya of UML became the Chief Minister on 7th of July after Mahara became a minority after the Congress formed the coalition of UML in the first week of July. Acharya himself was the economic affairs and planning minister of the state in the Mahara-led government. Chief Minister Acharya is now trying to implement some of the plans that came in the budget prepared by himself. However, due to the fact that the government is in the deficit budget, he has cut more than 1200 small schemes and prioritized the payment of the obligations of the last financial year. He said that the big plans that were put forward by the previous government and which were considered important for the development of the province but were stalled will be prioritized in the next budget. 

'We are trying to implement some of the important plans that the government has put forward since 2075/076 in the next budget,' he said, 'We have made policy decisions and proceeded with the work so that no plan gets stuck due to lack of budget.' Manikar Karki, an economic analyst from Butwal, says that even though good and ambitious plans are announced after watching and listening to

, the programs launched without ensuring the source of the budget will not be profitable. The previous period of the Lumbini state government ended in that campaign . "There were no laws and policies, no resources and no budget," he said, "it is now clear that plans cannot be implemented without laws and resources."