The single or common rights of Union, State and local governments have been determined by the Constitution itself through the schedule. In order to make it more systematic and clear, the government has created 'Project Classification Basis and Criteria 080'. But ignoring the constitutional and legal provisions, the Union Government has allocated the budget for the next financial year, which has interfered with the jurisdiction of the state and local governments.

Contrary to the commitment made by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal himself, the Union Government has allocated up to one lakh rupees for development projects. There are dozens of such projects, not two or four. It is certain that the budget allocated in this way will not give any results. 

The Council of Ministers led by Dahal approved the basis and criteria for project classification on November 11, when Varshaman was still the finance minister. This standard has determined which government will do what based on the cost of the project, the area to be covered, etc. Section 5 (2) of the standard states that "projects covering only one local level shall be conducted by the relevant local level, projects covering more than one local level and one province within the respective province shall be operated by the relevant province and projects covering more than one province shall be conducted by the Union". In projects related to irrigation, river/flood control, drinking water, industrial sector, electricity and roads, the limits have been determined on the basis of cost, benefited/affected areas, capacity, etc. In the schedule of

criteria, it is mentioned that rural municipalities will conduct projects up to Rs. Projects up to Rs 50 crore more than that set for municipalities have been assigned to the state and more than that to the union. Clause 6 of the standard states that even in the single jurisdiction, new infrastructure projects costing less than 30 million rupees in the union and 10 million rupees in the state will not be implemented unless specified by the standard. But the government has brought the budget by changing the standards it has made. 

In the budget brought by the federal government for the financial year 081/82, construction and upgrading of small buildings, roads, canals, parks, memorial gates, temples and monasteries, consulting services, access road studies, land acquisition, irrigation plans, environmental testing, Funds have been allocated at the rate of one lakh each for headings such as legal service fees, studies for master plans. There are only 99 projects under the Ministry of Urban Development that have allocated one lakh each. The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has also allocated more budget for small projects. Under this ministry, there are 626 projects that have been allocated budget at the rate of five lakhs, most of which are strategic road, bridge construction and bridge protection projects. There are road and bridge construction projects that have been allocated only one lakh rupees. Allocating budget to projects without producing results is an extreme misuse of resources and power.

When the union government takes the policy of pleasing the MPs rather than resources, needs and justifications, it seems that the budget is dispersed in many projects. The issue of abnormally high budget allocation in the constituencies of ministers and top leaders is being discussed separately. The Constituency Infrastructure Special Program, which is used to train MPs, has recently been closed by the interim order of the Supreme Court. The program was canceled through the budget of the financial year 078/79 after complaints and criticisms about misuse of the budget increased. After intense 'lobbying' by the MPs, the Supreme Court stopped the government's revival of the program through the budget last year.

That's why this time during the budget preparation, the government asked the MP for a list of projects in a roundabout way. Instead of selecting the project according to the need and feasibility from the submitted list, it seems that during the allocation of the budget, up to one lakh rupees is often not missed. In order to distribute such piecemeal budgets, the association has also reduced the amount of subsidy and revenue distribution to the state government and local level. It is ironic that the federal government intervenes in projects that should be carried out by the state and local levels by cutting their own budgets.