Following serious criticism surrounding the government spending on International Indian Film Awards (IIFA) 2019 to be held in Nepal, the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) announced that \u2018no conclusion\u2019 was reached to allocate a budget for the star-studded event.<\/p>\n
The IIFA Awards 2019 is scheduled to be held in the last week of August 2019. According to earlier reports, the Nepal Government<\/a> was spending NPR 1 billion to organize the award ceremony.<\/p>\n Speaking at a press conference in Kathmandu<\/a> on June 30, 2019, NTB cleared that the state was not bearing expenditures for the IIFA Awards 2019. It also dismissed media reports suggesting a heavy spending on the event, explaining that the total expenditure was not yet finalized.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n