Lumbini Province Government to Prioritize Ongoing Projects in Upcoming Budget

Butwal. The Lumbini Province government is set to determine priorities for project selection in the formulation of the upcoming fiscal year's budget.

The provincial government has introduced a policy to place provincial pride projects and multi-year projects at the top of its priority list. Speaking at an interaction program organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning in Butwal on Thursday, Chief Minister Chetnarayan Acharya clarified that completing unfinished projects will be the primary focus, and new projects will only be included thereafter.

Chief Minister Acharya expressed his commitment to not creating a budget even one rupee higher than the province's actual economic capacity, emphasizing the creation of a realistic budget. He informed that the revenue collection for the upcoming fiscal year is projected to reach 6.5 billion rupees.

According to him, the budget will be formulated based on the actual situation. The first priority will be given to provincial pride and multi-year projects, while the second priority will focus on completing unfinished projects. Only then will new projects be included, he stated.

During the program, he mentioned that the law has been amended to involve District Coordination Committees in monitoring and that preparations are underway to include local level representatives and provincial assembly members in the monitoring process as well.

Emphasizing that all three tiers of government should move forward independently within the jurisdiction specified by the Constitution, he expressed the view that the three tiers of government are not units of one another but are autonomous with their own rights.