KATHMANDU, March 19 -- The Finance Committee of parliament has instructed the government to bring budget from the upcoming fiscal year only after the approval of working procedures and directives required to implement projects and programs introduced in the budget speech.
The parliamentary committee's instruction comes in the wake of growing complaints that the delay in drafting and approving of necessary working procedures and directives for the implementation of projects and programs was one of the major reasons behind slow spending of budget.
Following discussion with secretaries and senior officials of various ministries and government agencies on Monday, the parliamentary panel issued a six-point instruction to the government to full...