72 local units failed to present budget in time and half of them are from Province 2

Kathmandu, July 16 -- Having been late in presenting the budget for the current fiscal year ending on Tuesday, Kalikamai Rural Municipality, Parsa, has once again failed to present its financial plan for the next fiscal year 2019-20 on time.

As per the Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangement Act, local level budget for the upcoming fiscal year should have been presented by June 25.

Chairman the rural municipality Nathuni Prasad, who was elected from little known Nepal Sanghiya Samajwadi Party, had faced difficulty garnering support from the representatives of major parties to present the budget on time for the fiscal year (2018-19).

Prasad, however, is hopeful of their support to present the budget for the next fiscal at the earliest.

"We ...