RUPANDEHI, June 18 -- Aligning the major focus of budget towards agriculture, tourism, and infrastructure development, Province 5 has set an ambitious goal of achieving eight percent growth rate.
While the budget has laid special focus on agriculture sector, major budget has been allocated for infrastructure development. The provincial government has allocated Rs 15.48 billion for Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development (MoPID), while the budget for Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives is Rs 4.46 billion.
Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel, who is also looking after the Economic Affairs and Planning portfolio, presented budget of Rs 36.41 billion for the province on Sunday.
The provincial government has claimed ...