Nine Local Levels Fail to Present Budget by Legal Deadline
Summary
Nine local levels in Nepal, including one sub-metropolitan city and multiple municipalities, failed to present their annual budgets by the legal deadline due to political conflicts, risking delays in development and administrative activities.
Key Points
- Nine local levels across Nepal failed to present their annual budgets within the legal deadline.
- The delays are attributed to internal political conflicts and power struggles among local representatives.
- The Ministry of Land Management deployed special teams and facilitated budget processes to improve timeliness.
- Lack of timely budgets threatens development activities and daily administrative operations in the affected local levels.
