Budget ceiling for districts set at Rs 98.5b for FY 2012-13
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KATHMANDU, DEC 11 -
With the government making preparations for the budget for the next fiscal year, the National Planning Commission (NPC) has set the upper limit of the budget to be spent through district development committees (DDCs) at Rs 98.5 billion.
The government has allocated Rs 87.33 billion for the current fiscal year.
According to NPC, the set budget covers both central- and local-level development programmes to be implemented by DDCs.
The grants to be provided by the Ministry of Local Development and programmes under other ministries to be implemented by DDCs also fall under the ceiling, according to Puspa Lal Shakya, joint Secretary at NPC. This, however, does not include revenue that DDCs earn at local level.
NPC has proposed that the government should maintain current expenditure at Rs 71.05 billion and capital expenditure at Rs 27.66 billion for FY 2012-13. Of the total budget, the biggest amount of Rs 54 billion will go for the education sector, followed
by Rs 27.61 billion for local development and Rs 8.88 billion for heath and population sector.
As per the district-wise ceiling, Morang will get the largest amount of Rs 2.54 billion, followed by Kathmandu with Rs 2.36 billion and Jhapa with Rs 2.16 billion. NPC has allocated Rs 2.29 billion for Morang for the current fiscal year.
Shakya said the commission has fixed ceilings giving high priority to remote areas. However, budget ceilings for
most of the districts in the Karnali region have been maintained low compared to
allocations for the current fiscal year. Ceilings for Kalikot, Dolpa, Humla and
Mugu have come down.
Shakya, however, said they are yet to include programmes of many ministries, including tourism, culture and commerce and supplies, as they are yet to present programmes to be implemented through DDCs. “The amount will rise after ministries present their programmes,” said Shakya.
The budget ceiling Gorkha and Sunsari, native districts of Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and Deputy Prime Minister Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar, respectively, has gone up, according to NPC.
10 districts with highest ceilings
Districts Ceiling (Rs in billions)
Morang 2.54
Kathmandu 2.36
Jhapa 2.16
Kavre 1.89
Rupandehi 1.82
Sunsari 1.80
Kailali 1.78
Nawalparasi 1.67
Syanja 1.67
Baglung 1.64
Posted on: 2011-12-11 09:13
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