Far-Western Province Tops Performance Index Among Nepali Provincial Governments; Madhesh Province Ranks Lowest

The results of the performance index for provincial governments have been published. The National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission evaluated the performance of the provinces based on various 11 indicators.

In the fiscal year's performance evaluation, the Far-Western Province secured the top position by achieving the highest score, while the Madhesh Province appeared to be the weakest.

In the evaluation, the Far-Western Province obtained a total score of 45.70 points. Similarly, the Koshi Province ranked second with 44.29 points, and the Bagmati Province ranked third with 42.46 points.

According to the Commission's details, Gandaki Province scored 37.91, Lumbini Province 34.71, Karnali Province 32.26, and Madhesh Province scored 27.28 points.

The indicators for the evaluation included the status of irregularities (audit objections), grants provided to local levels, revenue mobilization, and capital expenditure.

According to this, all provinces failed in indicator number 2, which concerns providing conditional grants to local levels as per provincial laws.

Likewise, all seven provinces scored zero in the Air Quality Index (Indicator number 9). These details indicate that the provinces have failed to provide conditional grants to local levels as per the law and have not worked on controlling air pollution.

However, all provinces 'passed' in the entry of details into the online portal (Indicator number 11). All seven provinces received 10 out of 10 points.

In revenue mobilization within their jurisdiction (Indicator number 5), Koshi Province (10.4) and Far-Western Province (10.34) achieved excellent scores, while Karnali Province scored zero in this area.

In the status of irregularities (Indicator 1), Bagmati Province achieved the best score of 4.285, while Koshi and Madhesh Provinces scored zero in this metric.