The Karnali Province has spent 62.37 per cent of its annual budget in the current fiscal year, 2021/22.
According to the Provincial Comptroller Office, Birendranagar, of Rs 38.47 billion budget of the Province for the ongoing fiscal year, Rs 23.99 billion was spent in the ongoing fiscal year.
Comptroller Man Bahadur Bom shared that payment for current fiscal year was ceased from Saturday midnight. The provision in Financial Procedure Rules mandates that the payment be closed a week prior to the end of the fiscal year.
Bom further informed that among the budget expenditure, current expenditure stood at Rs 9.12 billion while Rs 14.75 billion was recorded under the capital expenditure.
Of the budget allocated for government agencies and offices, province legislature recorded 78 per cent budget expenditure, Province Public Service Commission 74 per cent, Attorney General Office 95 per cent, Province Planning Commission 37 per cent, he said.
Among the ministries in the Province, some recorded minimal budget expenditure as 38 per cent budget expenditure by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law and 47 per cent by Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development while Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives recorded highest at 75 per cent, according to the Provincial Comptroller Office, Birendranagar.
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