foreign funds<\/a> for their developmental projects.<\/p>\nIn a recent move, the government announced plans to create a new \u2018Basket Fund\u2019 that would pool foreign donations and take ahead the same to local bodies as a conditional grant through federal administration.<\/p>\n
The latest decision comes as solution to the long-standing concern over the distribution of foreign funds to the development projects across the provincial and local units of the country.<\/p>\n
The new decision gains significance in view of the fact that Nepal Constitution allows foreign fund access only to provincial governments through Centre\u2019s consent, with no such access to local bodies in any way.<\/p>\n
According to the Finance Ministry officials, the donors are eager to help local and provincial bodies in their early stage of development under the federal set-up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe seek to give them a window to mobilize their resources for programmes implemented by provincial and local governments,\u201d says Shree Krishna Nepal<\/span>, Chief of the International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division, Ministry of Finance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAs the officials say, the federal government however requires more resources for financing infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have demanded technical assistance less than 10 percent of overall assistance for the provincial or local levels,\u201d says another official.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In line with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration recommendations, the government discussed with donors on ways to create a single \u2018basket fund\u2019 that can be utilized in different priority areas in consultation between the two sides.<\/p>\n
\u201cA local unit will be responsible for implementing a project within its area of jurisdiction while schemes covering more than one local unit will be funded through the provincial government,\u201d says Amrit La msal<\/span>, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Federal Affairs. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nBesides, there exists confusion over the utilization of foreign funds that doesn\u2019t fall under the budgetary system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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