Sandhya Rai
Kumaripati, April 4
Amid speculation that the government will bring a supplementary budget, Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari on Sunday said the government had initated preparation to unveil the regular budget for the next fiscal year before the Constituent Assembly’s term expires on May 28.
Speaking before the parliamentary public Accounts committee, the finance minister pledged that the upcoming budget would be prepared on the basis of consensus among major parties.He dismissed allegations made by Nepali Congress lawmakers that the government had been bypassing the Finance Ministry to bring a supplementary budget.
Adhikari did not state specifically whether a supplementary budget would be brought or not,but he stressed it was the government’s intention to bring the regular budget in the first month of fiscal year in the Nepali Calendar.
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