Bagmati Province Budget for FY 2083/84 Passes by Majority

Hetauda. The Bagmati Province government's budget for the fiscal year 2083/084 has been passed by a majority. The Provincial Assembly meeting held on Saturday passed the bill to implement financial proposals and the appropriation bill 2083 by a majority.

In the meeting, the proposal presented by the Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, Prabhat Tamang, to appropriate some amount from the Provincial Treasury Fund for the services and functions of the fiscal year 2083/084 and to pass the financial proposals of the Provincial Government was passed by a majority.

The proposal presented by Minister Tamang was put to a decision by Deputy Speaker Apsara Chapagain. Deputy Speaker Chapagain presented the proposal for decision, with the ruling party MPs saying 'yes' in favor and the opposition MPs saying 'no'. As more MPs were in favor of the 'yes' proposal, Deputy Speaker Chapagain announced that the government's appropriation bill and finance bill had been passed by a majority.

In the meeting, 3 MPs of the Provincial Assembly had proposed expenditure cuts in the government's budget. In the meeting, MPs Ishwar Sapkota, Sirjana Saju, and Ratna Prasad Dhakal registered proposals for expenditure cuts. They proposed expenditure cuts on the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers Office, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Transport, and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning. Speaker Pathak presented these proposals for expenditure cuts registered in the parliament for decision. Those proposals were rejected by a majority.

Prior to this, discussions on the government's budget had been ongoing continuously in the Provincial Assembly since Asar 16. The departmental ministers responded to the views expressed by the MPs during the budget discussions in the meetings on Friday and Saturday.

The Provincial Government has proposed a budget of 66 billion 93 crore 33 lakh rupees for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/084.