Chitwan, January 27: The state offices here in the district have spent only 5.10 percent of the total budget appropriated for development in the six months of the fiscal year 2075/76 BS.
The federal office also has witnessed dismal performance in terms of capital spending. According to Information Officer at the Fund and Account Control Office Chitwan, Sharad Chandra Bhattarai, the development budget accounted for Rs 2.16 billion out of Rs 3.02 billion appropriated by state government for public offices in the district. The capital spending of state-allocated budget has accounted for only 5.10 percent as of 14 January, he shared.
The spending on recurrent budgets of state governments also has a disappointing trend. Only 18.46 percent of recurrent budget has been spent in the last six months. The recurrent budget appropriated in the current fiscal year was Rs 837 million.
Likewise, public spending of the federal government budget is 10.70 percent in the six months. Bhattarai said the federal government had earmarked a budget of Rs 15.83 billion of which capital spending was only Rs 5.67 billion. Likewise, the recurrent spending stood at 48.35 percent. Bhattarai further shared that the federal revenue generated during the period was Rs 15.45 billion while the state revenue amounted to Rs 332.9 million.
The reasons for low public spending are bid calls for development projects of federal and state governments and preparation of detailed project report. There have long been public grievances over non-performance in earlier months and hasty works in the final quarter of every fiscal year. RSS
