There are only four months left for the current fiscal year. All three levels of government are in a hurry to prepare the budget for the coming year. While the rush to prepare a new budget is increasing, the implementation of this year's budget by the three levels of government is critical. 

Even after the completion of two quarters of the current fiscal year, all seven provinces have not been able to spend even 25 percent. The expenditure of many provinces is less than 20 percent of the allocation. The federal government is citing the Gen-G movement of 23 Bhadra and the protests of 24 Bhadra as the reason for the lack of expected spending. The state government's situation is also very weak in terms of budget implementation. Even after the completion of two quarters of the current fiscal year, all seven provinces have not been able to spend even 25 percent. The expenditure of many provinces is less than 20 percent of the allocation. 

After the Gen-G movement displaced the party coalition government, the non-party government that was immediately formed has already held general elections on 21 Falgun. The National Independent Party has won a clear majority in the elections, paving the way for the formation of a stable government in the country. However, the provincial governments formed according to the federal structure have not yet been able to free themselves from the confusion created by the Gen-G movement, budget cuts, and election preparations. During this period, the provincial governments were inactive. Due to which the development expenditure of the provinces has not been able to increase. After the federal government's 20 percent budget cut, problems have been seen in the implementation of small schemes of the provincial governments. The budget implementation status of the provincial governments in the last 8 months (Shrawan-Falgunam) has been analyzed here. 

8.59 billion more spent in Koshi

Koshi The provincial government has spent more than 8.59 billion 3.9 million rupees till Falgun in the current fiscal year 2082/83. The provincial government has allocated a total budget of 35.94 billion 9.9 million rupees this year, including 18.7 billion rupees for current, 17.14 billion rupees for capital, and 10 million rupees for fiscal, according to the Provincial Accounts Control Office, Koshi. Of this, a total of more than 8.59 billion rupees have been spent in the 8 months of the current year, including 5.7 billion rupees 73 million 86 thousand rupees for current and 2.88 billion rupees 65 million 22 thousand rupees for capital.

Of this, a total of more than 8.59 billion rupees have been spent in the 8 months of the current year, including 5.7 billion rupees 73 million 86 thousand rupees for current and 2.88 billion rupees 65 million 22 thousand rupees for capital. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning has already spent more than 9.79 billion rupees for current and 2.849 billion rupees for capital. Similarly, the provincial legislature has already spent more than 9.89 billion rupees for current and 1.968 billion rupees for capital. 

The Provincial Public Service Commission has spent more than 54.3 million on current and 964 thousand on capital, more than 55.2 million, the Office of the Chief Justice has spent 138 thousand on current and 121 thousand on capital, 150 thousand, the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers has spent more than 105.2 million on current and 68 million on capital, a total of 107.3 million 59 thousand. 

The Ministry of Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives has spent 489.3 million on current and 35.4 million on capital, a total of 524.8 million. The Ministry of Drinking Water, Irrigation and Energy has spent 245.9 million on current and 902.9 million on capital, a total of 114.89 million. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law has spent 189.1 million on current and 220 million on capital, a total of 220.9 million. The Ministry of Tourism, Forest and Environment has spent a total of 800 million 61 million, including 648.5 million in current and 157.6 million in capital. 

Madhesh government's expenditure is 11 percent

The Provincial Treasury and Accounts Control Office has stated that the commission has spent 45.95 percent of its total budget.  With only 4 months left for the end of the current fiscal year, only 11 percent of the total budget of the Madhesh provincial government has been spent. The trend of spending the budget towards the end of the fiscal year has been seen this year as well. Madhesh has spent 11.17 percent of the total budget till Falgun 24 of the current year 2082/83. 

The Madhesh government has spent 19.58 percent of the budget towards the current budget and 6.53 percent towards the capital budget till Falgun 24. Madhesh has brought a budget of 46.58 billion in the current year.

The Provincial Public Service Commission has spent the highest budget among the Madhesh government bodies so far. The Provincial Treasury and Accounts Control Office has stated that the commission has spent 45.95 percent of its total budget. Similarly, the second highest expenditure has been incurred by the Office of the Chief Advocate. The office has so far spent 36.31 percent of its total budget. The expenditure under the budget headings of employee benefits and retirement benefits and miscellaneous finance is zero.

According to the Madhesh Province Ministry of Finance, the lowest budget under the ministry has been spent by the Ministry of Sports and Social Welfare. The Ministry of Sports has spent only 1.66 percent of the total budget it received. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has also spent a low budget. The Ministry of Tourism has spent only 3.59 percent of the budget it received. Ram Kumar Mahato, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of the Madhesh Government, said that the expenditure percentage has been low due to the suspension of work on small projects in the current fiscal year.

22 percent expenditure in Bagmati

According to the expenditure details released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning up to Falgun, only 15.58 billion rupees, or 22.31 percent, out of the total budget of 67.47 billion rupees, or 22.31 percent, have been spent. The pace of budget expenditure of the Bagmati Province government for the current fiscal year has been very slow. One-fourth of the total budget has not been spent in the 8 months of the current fiscal year, i.e. till Falgun. Only 22.31 percent of the total budget announced by the provincial government for the current year has been spent.  

According to the expenditure details released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning up to Falgun, only 15.58 billion rupees, or 22.31 percent, out of the total budget of 67.47 billion rupees, or 22.31 percent, have been spent.

The provincial government's capital expenditure in the current year's budget is seen as critical. The capital expenditure directly linked to development and construction is seen as weak. Out of the 41.43 billion rupees allocated for capital expenditure up to Falgun, only 7.91 billion rupees, or 17.12 percent, have been spent. Out of the 26.43 billion rupees, or 7.95 billion rupees, or 30.56 percent, out of the current budget of 26.43 billion rupees, or 7.95 billion rupees, or 1.99 billion, have been spent.

Due to the pressure to spend a large amount of budget, it is certain that the trend of 'unsustainable development' will repeat. Spending the budget at around 78 percent in the remaining four months is very difficult from both technical and practical points of view. 

Gandaki spent 23 percent

A total of 7.47 billion 25.70 billion rupees have been spent on current expenditure till 28 Falgun, including 3.48 billion 18.44 billion rupees and 3.99 billion 7.25 billion rupees on capital expenditure. The Gandaki provincial government has spent only 23.38 percent. According to the data of the Provincial Controller of Accounts Office, from Shrawan to Falgun, Gandaki spent only 27.57 percent on current and 20.92 percent on capital. In the current fiscal year, Gandaki had brought a total budget of 31 billion 979 million 99 thousand rupees. Out of which, 12 billion 636 million thousand 75 million rupees were allocated for current, 19 billion 933 million thousand 24 thousand rupees were allocated for capital and 250 million rupees were allocated for financial. 

A total of 7.47 billion 25.70 billion rupees have been spent on current expenditure till 28 Falgun, including 3.48 billion 18.44 billion rupees and 3.99 billion 7.25 billion rupees on capital expenditure. In the same period of the fiscal year 081/82, 31.81 percent of the total budget was spent on current expenditure and 27.38 percent on capital expenditure. This year, among the offices under the provincial government, the Office of the Chief Justice has been able to spend the most on current expenditure, at 49.18 percent. On capital expenditure, it has spent only 10.88 percent, making a total of 42.79 percent. The Provincial Assembly has spent the most on capital expenditure, at 32.27 percent.

The Ministry of Industry and Tourism has the least progress in budget expenditure. This ministry was allocated a total of 847.465 million rupees, including 265.446 million rupees for current and 582.19 million rupees for capital. Out of this, only 7.88 percent has been spent, including 19.76 percent for current and 2.46 percent for capital. With only four months left for the end of the fiscal year, the budget expenditure in the tourism capital of Gandaki is very low.

So far, the Provincial Assembly has spent 41.09 percent, the Provincial Public Service Commission has spent 23.32 percent, the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers has spent 15.57 percent, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has spent 16.59 percent, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Management has spent 21.04 percent, the Ministry of Forests and Environment has spent 30.64 percent, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development and Transport Management has spent 23.68 percent, the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Drinking Water has spent 30.57 percent, the Ministry of Social Development, Youth and Sports has spent 19.84 percent, the Ministry of Health has spent 26.27 percent, and the Provincial Policy and Planning Commission has spent only 15.10 percent.

22.5 percent expenditure in Lumbini

The Lumbini provincial government had allocated a budget of 38 billion 91 million for the current fiscal year. Only 22.42 percent of the budget has been spent until last Magh. This budget is excluding the grants given by the provincial government to the local level. 

The Lumbini provincial government had allocated a budget of 38 billion 91 million for the current fiscal year. Only 22.42 percent of the budget has been spent until last Magh. This budget is in addition to the grants given by the provincial government to the local level.  The Lumbini government has paid 1 billion 248.2 million to the local level. The expenditure percentage including grants is 23.65. After 7 months of budget implementation, only 9 billion 20 million has been spent, including the local level grants. The percentage of capital expenditure is low. Of the 23 billion 471.4 million capital amount allocated, only 20.97 percent, or 4 billion 922 million, has been spent in 7 months. By the end of Poush, the government had spent 18.4 percent, or 7 billion 955.5 million. 

The government had spent 24.47 percent of the budget in the same period of the last fiscal year, which had a budget of more than 50 million rupees. Compared to this year, the government had spent about 40 million rupees more during the same period. According to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, 27.73 percent has been spent on current expenses. 

The Ministry of Health has spent the most. The Ministry of Health, which received a budget of 1.57 billion 16 million rupees for the current fiscal year, has already spent 1.7 billion 12 million rupees. Which is 68.18 percent. The ministry has already paid more than 700 million rupees to the Lumbini Provincial Hospital under construction in Butwal under the Ministry of Health. This has increased the percentage of capital expenditure. Health Minister Khem Bahadur Saru said that the ministry has spent 34.37 percent not only on capital expenses but also on current expenses. 

The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development, which received the highest budget for the current fiscal year, has spent only 22.61 percent of the budget so far. Of that, 22.39 percent was spent on capital, said Physical Infrastructure Development Minister Bhumishwar Dhakal. The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure had received a budget of 9.61 billion rupees for capital. Of that, 2.15 billion rupees have already been spent and many projects are in the contract process, so the expenditure percentage was more than 30 percent when the payment was made in Falgun, he said.

The Ministry of Urban Development, which received a capital budget of 5.38 billion rupees, has so far spent only 1.4 billion rupees, or 19.50 percent. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law has spent 0.11 percent on capital. The government had provided the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a budget of 166 million rupees for capital in the current fiscal year.

The expenditure of the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers is also low. The Chief Minister's Office, which received 29.7 million rupees for capital and 472 million rupees for current, has so far spent only 2823 thousand rupees for capital and 87829 thousand rupees for current. Which is only 9.51 percent for capital and 18.60 percent for current. Nearly 800 small projects in the province are stalled after Chief Minister Acharya introduced a policy to conduct small projects above Rs 500,000 through the contract process in the name of cutting government expenditure and good governance. 

Deepak Gyawali, head of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, said that the government had paid a total of 23.65 percent of the budget by mid-Magh. 

Only 19 percent spent in Karnali

The work of the Karnali government has slowed down since the protest. The Karnali government, which had spent about 30 percent at the same time last fiscal year, has barely been able to spend only 19 percent in 8 months of this year. 

The Karnali government, which brought a budget of Rs 32.99 billion 6.655 billion this year, has been able to spend only Rs 6.48 billion 1.66 billion so far, according to the Provincial Comptroller and Auditor General's Office. "So far, the expenditure on development construction has been very low, a lot of the budget has been spent on salaries and allowances," said Dipendra Magarati, the office's chief accounting officer. "Only a few small projects have been paid, while big projects have not even started." According to him, there is still Rs 26.51 billion in the provincial government's account.

The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development, which has the largest development budget, has implemented only about 40 percent of the plans. The ministry has 743 plans this year. Out of these, about 500 plans are multi-year. About 100 new plans have all gone through the contracting process, said Ramesh Subedi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development. The ministry has a budget of Rs 10.73 billion, but only 15.63 percent has been spent so far.

Only 16 percent of the budget has been spent in the Far West

The budget implementation of the Far West provincial government for the fiscal year 2082/83 has also been weak. Even after 8 months of the current year, it has been able to spend only about 16 percent of the total budget. The provincial government's development and construction expenditure (capital expenditure) has shown poor progress, according to data from the provincial auditor's office. 

The total budget of the provincial government this year is 33.43 billion 35.98 million rupees. However, including current expenditure, a total of 5.49 billion 20 million 83 thousand 408 rupees has been spent till Falgun, which is only 16.22 percent of the total budget. The condition of capital expenditure, which is directly linked to development and prosperity, is seen as weak. Of the budget allocated for the implementation of development and construction plans, a total of 1.92 billion 78 million 45 thousand 699 rupees has been spent so far. This is only 9.73 percent of the total budget for capital expenditure.