Sector-wise breakdown of budgetary allocation

The estimated income and expenditure (budget) for the fiscal year 2016-17 has set aside the largest amount to the education sector. Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel presented the budget for the fiscal year 2016-17 in the meeting of the Legislature-Parliament on Saturday. The budgetary outlay for the education sector is Rs 116 billion 360 million 649 thousand. The budgetary allocation to other ministries and government bodies is as follows: S. No. Ministries/bodies Amount 1. Head of the State Rs 321,650,000 2 President Rs 286,117,000 3 Vice President Rs 35,433,000 4 Legislature-Parliament Rs 1,420,556,000 5 Courts Rs 4,144,594,000 6 Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Rs 1,111,796,000 7 Office of the Auditor General Rs 521,889,000 8 Public Service Commission Rs 588,651,000 9 Election Commission Rs 591,524,000 10 National Human Rights Commission Rs 167,696,000 11 Office of the Attorney General Rs 759,198,000 12 Judicial Council Rs 51,439,000 13 Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Rs 89,740,948,000 14 Finance Ministry Rs 11,495,020,000 15 Ministry of Supplies Rs 915,157,000 16 Ministry of Industry Rs 7,055,667,000 17 Ministry of Energy Rs 13,200,727,000 18 Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Rs 214,357,000 19 Ministry of Agricultural Development Rs 27,438,261,000 20 Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Rs 22,074,380,000 21 Home Ministry Rs 44,398,131,000 22 Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rs 5,912,978,000 23 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rs 5,642,971,000 24 Ministry of Livestock Development Rs 8,465,561,000 25 Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation Rs 13,772,196,000 26 Ministry of Commerce Rs 1,339,385,000 27 Ministry of Population and Environment Rs 8,333,972,000 28 Ministry of Science and Technology Rs 854,238,000 29 Ministry of Land Reform and Management Rs 5,815,100,000 30 Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management Rs 79,186,848,000 31. Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Rs 2,220,655,000 32. Ministry of Youth and Sports Rs 2,400,428,000 33. Ministry of Defense Rs 26,018,005,000 34. Ministry of Urban Development Rs 23,505,237,000 35. Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction Rs 3,136,446,000 36. Ministry of Education Rs 116,360,649,000 37. Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Rs 1,679,066,000 38. Ministry of General Administration Rs 957,843,000 39. Ministry of Irrigation Rs 24,462,105,000 40. Ministry of Information and Communications Rs 4,141,724,000 41. Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Rs 116,737,908,000 42. Ministry of Health Rs 40,563,027,000 43. Ministry of Labour and Employment Rs 1,075,732,000 44 National Planning Commission Secretariat Rs 1,104,485,000 RSS Source: republica