Nepal, June 29 -- All the government agencies are required to assume their responsibility effectively to reduce the arrear amount that has been growing every year and to maintain the fiscal discipline.

Speaking at the 67th anniversary of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) on Sunday, Auditor General Toyam Raya stressed on the need for constitutional organs, ministries, departments, sub-national governments and public enterprises accomplishing their tasks by taking their full responsibilities. "All the government bodies have to strictly follow the state's audit policies along with the annual calendar to meet their tasks on time," said Raya.According to the OAG report, the government arrears increased by 1.54 percent to Rs 733.19 billi...