KATHMANDU, May 9 -- A five-year action plan has been brought to make the government spending effective.

The National Planning Commission (NPC) introduced the public investment management action plan (2081/82-2085/86) in a bid to ensure effectiveness in project spending to be made as per concept of government, public corporation and public-private investment.

The action plan was endorsed by the NPC's meeting on April 23.

Information officer at NPC, Dr Dibakar Luitel, said that it was brought after realizing the need of long-term strategy to give a pace to the development projects, spur capital spending and to assure effectiveness of public investment.

At a time when a huge chunk of the budget on infrastructure construction is left unsp...