Koshi Province Overhauls Planning Process, Mandates Project Bank for Budget Inclusion

Biratnagar. The Koshi Provincial Government has formulated a working procedure to transform the traditional style of project selection and budget formulation to institutionalize, make transparent, and results-oriented the overall development process of the province.Following widespread public complaints about the misuse of limited resources due to the practice of inserting projects based on access and influence in previous years, the Provincial Planning Commission has established a new legal and technical arrangement mandating that projects must only be included in the budget through the Project Bank.To achieve this, the Provincial Planning Commission has issued the 'Project Classification, Basis and Criteria Determination, and...