Rs 47.50 billion budget presented in State-3; prioritised construction of infrastructures, modernization of agro sector, development of tourism

Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning of State-3, Kailash Prasad Dhungel presented a budget of Rs 47.50 billion for the fiscal year 2019/20, in provincial assembly meeting on Sunday. The budget includes Rs 24.40 billion towards recurrent and Rs 22.83 billion towards capital expenditure.

Presenting the budget, Minister Dhungel stated that the budget of the fiscal year has prioritised construction of infrastructures, modernization of agro sector, development of tourism, community farming in barren lands with highly prioratizing other national priority projects.

He also shared that the budget has mentioned to replace the petrol run vehicles by electric vehicles by 2078 BS in coordination with federal government.