Kathmandu Metropolitan City Spends 31.73% of Budget in 10 Months

Kathmandu Metropolitan City has spent 31.73% of its budget in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2080/81. Out of the total allocated budget of NPR 24.0857 billion, the city has spent NPR 7.6428 billion from Shrawan to Baisakh. This leaves NPR 16.4428 billion remaining in the budget.

The highest expenditure has been in the energy sector, with over 61% or NPR 367 million of the allocated NPR 596 million being spent. In financial governance, NPR 3.63 million has been spent out of the allocated NPR 5.9 million, which is over 61%. For office operations and administration, NPR 2.07 billion has been spent out of the allocated NPR 3.43 billion, which is over 60%.

In the education sector, NPR 1.34 billion out of the allocated NPR 2.74 billion has been spent, and in the tourism sector, NPR 167.3 million out of the allocated NPR 335.3 million has been spent.

However, expenditure in the health sector has been significantly low. Only NPR 151.9 million out of the allocated NPR 1.1 billion has been spent. In agriculture, 2.5% of the budget has been spent, in water supply and sanitation, nearly 40%, in youth and sports, 9.5%, in science and technology, 38.5%, in reconstruction, 29.5%, and in environment and climate, 20%.

The city has not spent any budget in three sectors: water resources and irrigation, land management, and labor and employment, in the first 10 months.