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Austerity is good but government has created more liability for itself

Costs for salary and pension of government staff and social security up by Rs76 billion for the next fiscal year as the ‘election-oriented’ budget focuses on populist schemes. Austerity is good but government has created more liability for itself
Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has increased recurrent budget to Rs753.40 billion from Rs677.99 billion this fiscal year. Post File Photo
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Prithvi Man Shrestha
Published at : June 4, 2022
Updated at : June 4, 2022 07:11
Kathmandu

Prithvi Man Shrestha

Prithvi Man Shrestha was a political reporter for The Kathmandu Post, covering the governance-related issues including corruption and irregularities in the government machinery. Before joining The Kathmandu Post in 2009, he worked at nepalnews.com and Rising Nepal primarily covering the issues of political and economic affairs for three years.


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