According to data released by Nepal Foreign Affairs Ministry (MoF), the Ministry transferred NPR 84.51 million from one expenditure category to another to finance ministerial foreign visits.<\/p>\n
As per the data, it transferred the said amount from miscellaneous<\/em> category to delegation\/foreign visit and reception <\/em>expenditure category between April to June, this year.<\/p>\n Experts opine that the transfer of funds from one expense area to another could be justified during emergency. However, it could result in lack of financial discipline if otherwise.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Following are MoF expenditures provided for ministerial foreign visits during April-June 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n Existing laws allow a transfer of only 10 percent for each ministry and their agencies.<\/p>\n Earlier Finance Ministry statistics also revealed that the Nepal Government<\/a> had also spent NPR 10 million of taxpayers\u2019 money on similar foreign trips<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to data released by Nepal Foreign Affairs Ministry (MoF), the Ministry transferred NPR 84.51 million…<\/span><\/p>\n\n