Sudurpashchim government presents Rs 37.7 billion budget

KATHMANDU: The Sudurpashchim provincial government has presented a new annual budget of Rs 37.703967 billion for the current fiscal year 2083/84 after prolonged uncertainty caused by political changes and a budget impasse.

Minister for Economic Affairs Chakra Bahadur Malla presented the revised budget statement at a meeting of the Provincial Assembly on Sunday.

The budget announcement is expected to allow economic activities and development projects that had remained stalled in the province to resume.

On June 15, the government led by then Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah had presented a budget of the same size through then Economic Affairs Minister Bikram Singh Dhami. However, the budget was not passed and became inactive after a change in the ruling coalition.