Four Provinces Score Full Marks in Key Performance Indicators Assessed by National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission

Kathmandu. Provincial governments have received full marks in four areas, scoring perfectly in the evaluation of provinces conducted by the National Natural Resources and Fiscal Commission across 11 indicators, achieving full marks in four of them.

Among these indicators is whether the provincial government has deposited the 40 percent share from vehicle tax into the Provincial Consolidated Fund or not. Since all provinces reportedly deposited this amount, all were awarded 5 out of 5 points.

Similarly, all provinces scored full marks regarding whether they provided the equalization grant to the local levels by the end of Chaitra or not. This indicates that all provinces provided such funds within the stipulated time.

Furthermore, in the indicator concerning whether the provincial governments sent the estimated budget for the current fiscal year to the Ministry of Finance by the end of Poush, all were found to have submitted the details. For this, all received the full score, equivalent to 5 points.

In addition, all provinces received full marks for entering details into the website prepared by the Fiscal Commission. Ten points were allocated for this.

Apart from these, all provinces except Madhesh Province submitted the budget review for the last fiscal year to the Ministry of Finance by the end of Kartik and received 5 points each. Madhesh Province received zero points because it did not submit the details.