Kathmandu. Bagmati Province has spent only 4.47 per cent of its capital expenditure in the first five months of the current fiscal year.

According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning, 18.41 per cent of the current expenditure has been incurred during this period. The government had approved a budget of Rs 67.47 billion for the fiscal year 2082/83.

Of the allocated budget, the State Public Service Commission has spent 29.90 percent, the Provincial Assembly Secretariat 27 percent, the Office of the Chief Attorney 23.67 percent, the Health Ministry 20.45 percent, the Province Policy and Planning Commission 19.04 percent and the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Transport 19.55 percent.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has spent the least amount of the budget at 1.48 percent.