Kathmandu. The Ministry of Finance is intensifying preparations for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/84 budget. The Ministry of Finance held a revenue consultation meeting on Baisakh 2. Similarly, on Baisakh 3, it held a meeting of the Inter-Governmental Finance Council and thematic committees, resulting in 16 decisions. The Council meeting decided to remove the provision for 'abanda' (unallocated) budget starting from the next fiscal year. It has abolished the previous trend of allocating 'free budget' without plans or objectives. The government used to allocate a large budget as unallocated funds. Stating that such a budget did not yield significant results, it has...