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Lumbini Province Outlines Budget Priorities: Production, Employment, and Infrastructure Focus

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Lumbini Province's government plans to prioritize production, employment, and infrastructure development in its upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2083/84. Minister for Economic Affairs Dhanendra Karki presented the budget's principles and priorities, emphasizing objective, feasible, and result-oriented outcomes despite resource limitations. The budget aims to boost the economy through increased production and productivity in key sectors and create employment opportunities via skill development and innovation programs.

  • The budget will focus on good governance and social justice, alongside production, employment, and infrastructure.
  • Minister Dhanendra Karki pledged to increase capital expenditure while curbing current and public expenditures, ensuring fiscal discipline.
  • The government intends to enhance digital governance for smoother, transparent, and citizen-friendly service delivery, including in revenue administration and public procurement.
  • Projects will be selected based on strategic importance and high returns, with attention given to multi-year and incomplete projects.
  • The budget is founded on the provincial government's second development plan, sustainable development goals, and the vision of 'Prosperous Lumbini: Happy Citizens'.

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