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Fiscal Year 2025-26: Budgetary Outlook: Structural Challenges and Immediate Priorities

Nepal’s FY 2025–26 budget faces rising fiscal rigidity, declining capital investment, and growing debt burdens. Urgent reforms in project execution and long-term fiscal planning are critical to sustain economic growth.

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Prasiddha Sapkota
30/04/2025 12:58 PM

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Fiscal Year 2025-26: Budgetary Outlook: Structural Challenges and Immediate Priorities

Nepal’s FY 2025–26 budget faces rising fiscal rigidity, declining capital investment, and growing debt burdens. Urgent reforms in project execution and long-term fiscal planning are critical to sustain economic growth.

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Fiscal Year 2025-26: Budgetary Outlook: Structural Challenges and Immediate Priorities

Nepal’s FY 2025–26 budget faces rising fiscal rigidity, declining capital investment, and growing debt burdens. Urgent reforms in project execution and long-term fiscal planning are critical to sustain economic growth.


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