Nepal, May 13 -- Development partners have advised Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel to bring a realistic budget, taking available resources into consideration.

During a discussion hosted by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, representatives of development partner organizations advised Finance Minister Paudel to prepare the budget based on available resources and implementation capacity, rather than being overly ambitious.

Representatives from India, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Norway, Germany, Finland, the European Union, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Health Organization, among others, participated in the disc...