Gandaki, June 27: The budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2025/26 of the Gandaki Province government has been passed by a majority of the provincial assembly.
The budget was passed on Friday after concluding deliberation on the appropriation under various headings. Earlier, the related ministers and the chief minister had responded to the queries raised by Provincial Assembly Members on the budget.
In today’s meeting, Chief Minister Surendra Raj Pandey said the budget was allocated on a priority basis. He made it clear that Kaski and Gorkha districts were allocated more budgets because Kaski is the capital of the province in addition to being a tourist hub.
Similarly, completion of previous projects is equally imperative in Gorkha, Pandey added. Although there is no budget for the projects less than Rs 500 thousands, there is a compulsion to allocate less budget than it due to pending obligations.
Chief Minister Pandey, however, pointed out the need of ending the trend of selecting projects without ensuring resource. The province government had brought a budget of Rs 31 billion for the next fiscal year 2025 /26.
