13 Local Governments Yet to Present Current Fiscal Year Budgets

Dragon Media News Desk

Thirteen local governments across Nepal have yet to present their budgets for the current fiscal year 2026/27.

According to information entered by the respective local governments on the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration’s portal as of Monday, 740 of the country’s 753 local governments have presented their budgets.

This represents 98.27 percent of all local governments.

Ten of the 13 local governments that have not presented their budgets are in Madhesh Province.

They include Sukhipur Municipality and Aurahi Rural Municipality in Siraha district, and Kamala Municipality in Dhanusha district.

Garuda Municipality, Katahariya Municipality, Phatuwa Bijayapur Municipality, Maulapur Municipality and Yamunamai Rural Municipality in Rautahat district have also failed to present their budgets.

Chhipaharmai Rural Municipality and Pakaha Mainpur Rural Municipality in Parsa district have yet to present their budgets for the current fiscal year.

Of the 136 local governments in Madhesh Province, 126 have presented their budgets. Madhesh has the highest number and proportion of local governments that have failed to meet the budget deadline.

In Koshi Province, 136 of the 137 local governments have presented their budgets. Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City in Sunsari is the only local government in the province yet to do so.

In Lumbini Province, 107 of the 109 local governments have presented their budgets. Kotahimai Rural Municipality in Rupandehi and Shuddhodhan Rural Municipality in Kapilvastu have yet to present theirs.

All 119 local governments in Bagmati Province, 85 in Gandaki Province, 79 in Karnali Province and 88 in Sudurpashchim Province have already presented their budgets.

Under the Local Government Operation Act, village and municipal executives must present estimates of revenue and expenditure for the following fiscal year to their respective assemblies by the 10th day of the Nepali month of Asar each year. The budgets must be approved by the assemblies before the end of Asar.

Political disputes, a lack of agreement within executive bodies, difficulties in convening local assemblies and technical problems are believed to have prevented some local governments from presenting their budgets within the legal deadline.