Nepal, Dec. 16 -- Development expenditure of the government is weak in the first five months of the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26.

The government spent only eight per cent capital expenditure till December 15. According to the statistics of the Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO), capital expenditure was Rs 33.87 billion till December 15.

A total of Rs 407.88 billion was allocated under the capital expenditure heading for the current FY.

Of the Rs 1.18 trillion allocated for current expenditure this FY, only 33.7 percent or Rs 398 billion, has been spent so far.

Similarly, the government had allocated Rs 375 billion under the financial management heading, of which Rs 132 billion (35.32 percent) has been spent to date.

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