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बजेटमा ब्रम्हलुट, आर्थिक बर्षको अन्तिममा दैनिक १० अर्ब खर्च ? (भिडियो हेर्नुहोस)
Although the budget for the upcoming fiscal year has earmarked adequate funds for newly formed local bodies, provincial and federal elections, major physical infrastructure projects and post-earthquake reconstruction works, it has given continuity to some of the distributive programmes, which could have been avoided.
One such instance is the decision to continue extending Rs 5 million to each lawmaker under the Constituency Development Programme and Rs 30 million to every electoral constituency under the Constituency Infrastructure Special Programme. These programmes, which are likely to cost over Rs 5 billion in taxpayers’ money, have had very little developmental impact in the past, as lawmakers use the money to build small projects of no strategic importance in their constituencies, serve vested interest or secure vote banks, according to experts. “These programmes should be phased out gradually after local governments become strong enough to cater to the developmental needs,” said Swarnim Wagle, a senior economist and member of the National Planning Commission.
