The government
has spent Rs 12 billion, according to the preliminary estimation.
"The
security agencies have spent Rs 6.5 billion, whereas Election Commission (EC)
has spent Rs 5.5 billion making it a total of Rs 12 billion, according to the
primary estimate," said finance secretary Shanta Raj Subedi.
The
government had allocated Rs 16 billion for the second Constitution Assembly
(CA) election held on November 19.
The
government had allocated Rs 8 billion each to securities agencies and Election
Commission in the budget for the current fiscal year 2013-14.
Though the
final expenditure will come in a week, the preliminary estimation showed that
the securities agencies have spent almost all of their budget but the Election
Commission has not been able to spend all the budget.
The former
bureaucrat-led government that was formed with an aim to hold CA election has
also planned local election within six months of the CA election.
"The
government has allocated the budget also for the local election," he
added.
The local bodies have been
running on ad-hoc basis for the last one-and-a-half decade due to successive
governments failure of holding election due to various reasons. Absence of
elected local bodies have fuelled corruption in villages and districts,
decreased accountability of the public purse and increased misuse of budget
pushing development activities back.
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