National Planning Commission (NPC) has finalised the list of some 654 projects that will get special grants for the current fiscal year, though half the fiscal year has already passed.
The commission has segregated the projects and programmes for the provincial governments and local governments according to their demands and requirements, the planning commission vice chair Dr Puspa Raj Kadel conformed. The delay in finalising the projects is attributed to the inability of provincial and local governments to submit their projects earlier as per the procedure developed by the commission, he said, adding that the government had – on December 11, 2018 – developed the ‘Procedure for Special Grants’ with necessary provisions regarding the grants to be provided to projects or programmes run by the provincial or local levels. “Of the total 753 local bodies, some 149 were deemed ineligible for the special grants as they did not fulfil the criteria set in the procedure.”
The commission has finalised 50 projects and programmes for seven provincial governments and 604 projects and programmes for the local governments. “While the local governments had requested special grants of Rs 12.50 billion, they were allocated Rs 4.83 billion, and the provinces had sought special grants worth Rs 22.56 billion but were allocated only Rs 4.60 billion.”
Of the total 50 projects, the commission has allocated special grants for nine projects in Province 1, seven projects in Province 2, five projects in Province 3, four projects in Gandaki Province, six projects in Province 5, some 11 projects in Karnali Province and eights projects in Sudur Paschim Province, the commission confirmed, adding that it will soon call on the provinces and local levels to submit their proposed projects and programmes for the special grants for the next fiscal year to ensure its timely execution from next fiscal year.
“No provincial or local levels shall be allowed to use the special grants in projects or programmes operated with equalisation, conditional and complementary grants or its own resources,” according to the ‘Procedure for Special Grants’.
The federal government can provide special grants for any project or programme to be run by the provincial or local governments for educational development of areas with low literary rate, lacking basic health services, sanitation, water supply and for uplift of groups or communities, equitable economic and social development, according to the federal government’s planning agency.
According to the procedure, special grants may also be provided to maintain balance among the local levels or provinces in terms of physical and human development, ensure food security in the areas with low food production, and manage waste by using modern technologies.
The commission has segregated the projects and programmes for the provincial governments and local governments according to their demands and requirements, the planning commission vice chair Dr Puspa Raj Kadel conformed. The delay in finalising the projects is attributed to the inability of provincial and local governments to submit their projects earlier as per the procedure developed by the commission, he said, adding that the government had – on December 11, 2018 – developed the ‘Procedure for Special Grants’ with necessary provisions regarding the grants to be provided to projects or programmes run by the provincial or local levels. “Of the total 753 local bodies, some 149 were deemed ineligible for the special grants as they did not fulfil the criteria set in the procedure.”
The commission has finalised 50 projects and programmes for seven provincial governments and 604 projects and programmes for the local governments. “While the local governments had requested special grants of Rs 12.50 billion, they were allocated Rs 4.83 billion, and the provinces had sought special grants worth Rs 22.56 billion but were allocated only Rs 4.60 billion.”
Of the total 50 projects, the commission has allocated special grants for nine projects in Province 1, seven projects in Province 2, five projects in Province 3, four projects in Gandaki Province, six projects in Province 5, some 11 projects in Karnali Province and eights projects in Sudur Paschim Province, the commission confirmed, adding that it will soon call on the provinces and local levels to submit their proposed projects and programmes for the special grants for the next fiscal year to ensure its timely execution from next fiscal year.
“No provincial or local levels shall be allowed to use the special grants in projects or programmes operated with equalisation, conditional and complementary grants or its own resources,” according to the ‘Procedure for Special Grants’.
The federal government can provide special grants for any project or programme to be run by the provincial or local governments for educational development of areas with low literary rate, lacking basic health services, sanitation, water supply and for uplift of groups or communities, equitable economic and social development, according to the federal government’s planning agency.
According to the procedure, special grants may also be provided to maintain balance among the local levels or provinces in terms of physical and human development, ensure food security in the areas with low food production, and manage waste by using modern technologies.
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