KATHMANDU, May 29: Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara has presented the budget for the fiscal year 2017/18.
Mahara has presented Rs 1 trillion 278 billion 994 million and 455 thousand fiscal budget in the parliament today.
The budget has allocated 100 million to 1 billion rupees for the local units. It has prioritized the construction of international airports in Limbuni, Nijgadh, Pokhara.
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In an around 75-minute long budget, Mahara said that the government will bring reforms in the salary structure of the civil servants.
The full text of the budget is as follows: