KATHMANDU, May 29: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat is presenting the budget for the Fiscal Year 2023/24 at the joint session of the federal parliament. A cabinet meeting held earlier today had approved the budget for the FY 2023/24.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The budget for the next fiscal year 2023/24 has been passed by the Cabinet meeting held on Monday. The Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers approved the budget.

KATHMANDU, May 31: The Nepal Sanitary Pad Manufacturers Association (NSPMA) has protested against the government's decision to give a 90 percent custom tax waiver on the import of sanitary pads.

KATHMANDU, May 11: The government is scheduled to present its Policies and Programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2022/23 in parliament on May 21. President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called a parliamentary session on May 17.

Major programs introduced by the government through the new budget

KATHMANDU: The government has increased the budget for the Prime Minister Employment Program by more than two folds for the next fiscal year 2020/2021.

KATHMANDU: At a time when the whole world has been battling hard to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has allocated a total of Rs six billion for the fight against the deadly virus.