As of June 15 in the current fiscal year 2022/23, the provinces in the country have only used half of their budget. Out of the total allocated budget of Rs 306 billion, they have spent Rs 151.3 billion, which is around 49.45 percent of the yearly allocation. According to the Office of the Comptroller General, Koshi Province has the highest expenditure rate at 61.41 percent, while Madhes Province has the lowest at 36.25 percent during the last 11 months of this fiscal year.
For the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2079/80, the government’s budget deficit exceeded Rs. 1.56 Kharba. By the end of Falgun, the government had spent 7.79 Kharba of its budget, but had only collected 6.22 Kharba in total revenue.
Meanwhile, only 22.15% of capital expenditure (CAPEX) is used until the end of Falgun’s fiscal year 2079/80.
The government’s capital expenditure is the money spent on the development of physical assets. In Nepal, the capital budget is funded by balancing domestic revenue after the recurrent budget, grants, and loans have been met. According to the Financial Comptroller General Office, only Rs. 84.25 Arba of the capital budget has been spent out of the targeted budget of Rs. 3.80 Kharba.