Duplication of projects
The Himalayan Times
20 June 2019
Duplication
of projects
Nepal is still passing through a
political change that was brought in by the second Jana Andolan in 2062/63. The
three tiers of elections held in accordance with the new constitution gave
legitimacy to the three levels of government. These governments, however, do
not seem to be performing as per the people’s expectations. One of the main
reasons behind the sloppy performance of the provincial and local level
governments is the lack of qualified and trained human resources. And the
federal government at the centre has been embroiled in multiple problems.
In accordance with the
constitution, every government has to bring in the budget for the overall
development of the nation. All the governments in the past used to present
their annual budget with tall promises. However, most of their budget remained unspent
due to either the poor planning process or overambitious programme and
unrealistic budget. The other contributing factor to these poor performances of
the governments are the cumbersome bureaucratic and administrative processes
and lack of proper monitoring.
All provincial governments have presented
budget for fiscal year 2019/20. The federal government was widely criticized
for giving continuation to the pork barrel funds for the lawmakers. Now, the
provincial governments have also followed the suit. Most of the provincial
governments have allocated more budget for infrastructure projects, which can
be justified at this time. However, question about the successful
implementation of these development projects remains whether they have the proper
institutions and qualified human resources required for their implementation.
Also, chances of duplication of projects under pork barrel fund seem very high.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
