June 15, Kathmandu – The Sudurpaschim Province government has presented a budget amounting to NPR 3.77 billion. Finance Minister Bikram Singh Dhami submitted the budget for the upcoming fiscal year during a midnight session of the Provincial Assembly. He emphasized special focus on agriculture, tourism, and infrastructure development while unveiling the budget. The minister also announced a 10 percent increase in salaries and allowances for government employees.
The budget was presented at midnight due to disputes among ruling parties. Additionally, Minister Dhami did not disclose detailed ministry-wise allocations during the presentation. Regarding revenue sources for the budget expenditure, he mentioned NPR 172 million from internal revenue mobilization, and an estimated NPR 1.024 billion as revenue sharing from the federal government.
Furthermore, the budget estimates NPR 7 million from federal royalty allocation, NPR 906.33 million from financial equalization grants from the federal government, NPR 965 million in savings from the appropriations of fiscal year 2082/83, NPR 603.58 million from conditional grants, NPR 38.8 million from supplementary grants, and NPR 52.76 million from special grants, according to the minister’s statements.
