Kathmandu, Nov. 28 -- After announcing the March 5 House of Representatives (HoR) election in the wake of the Gen-Z movement, the government has secured the funds needed to conduct the polls. Although the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 budget had not allocated money for the election, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has arranged the required funds by cutting budgets from fragmented projects.

The Election Commission (EC) had requested around Rs 7.5 billion, but the MoF has released only about Rs 5 billion for now. The budget required for security agencies is still being prepared. Although the plan is to mobilize around 325,000 security personnel, the exact expenditure has not yet been finalized, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (M...