Provincial and Local Issues The assembly meeting of Province 2 on January 17, the two-thirds majority has finalized province name ‘Madhes’ and Janakpur as the capital city through the voting system. 90 provincial members have attended a meeting where 80 members voted were cast favour of capital name and 78 for the capital city. Most of the political parties had supported the … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (January 13 – 19, 2022)
Federalism
News Digest: Federal Affairs (January 6 – 12, 2022)
Provincial issues Province 1 chief minister Rajendra Rai has failed to expand his cabinet from 2 and half months. According to the CM Rai informed that the government failed in the timely cabinet expansion due to the ongoing convention of parties. Similarly, Rai also preparing to increase from 7 into 11 to 13 ministries for the distribution of power-sharing among five … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (January 6 – 12, 2022)
News Digest: Federal Affairs (December 16 – 22, 2021)
Economy and Development The government has been able to spend only 6.46 percent capital budget in five months of the current fiscal year 2021/22. This is the lowest capital expenditure compared to the last three fiscal years in the same time duration. The government had able to spend more than 9 percent of its capital budget in the last three fiscal years. But due to the … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (December 16 – 22, 2021)
News Digest: Federal Affairs (December 30, 2021 – January 5, 2022)
According to the Ministry of Federal Affairs, 300 local governments out of 753 have their own administrative buildings. However, 300 local governments are under buildings construction. The Finance Minister has allocated Nrs. 800 million to fund the building construction of local government in the current fiscal year. According to the Depart of Local Infrastructure, the federal … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (December 30, 2021 – January 5, 2022)
News Digest: Federal Affairs (December 16 – 22, 2021)
Economic and Development The government has been able to spend only 6.46 percent capital budget in five months of the current fiscal year 2021/22. This is the lowest capital expenditure compared to the last three fiscal years in the same time duration. The government had able to spend more than 9 percent of its capital budget in the last three fiscal years. But due to the … [Read more...] about News Digest: Federal Affairs (December 16 – 22, 2021)