Kathmandu, May 13 -- Finance Secretary Ghanshyam Upadhyaya said on Wednesday that the government's priorities for the upcoming fiscal year had already been outlined in the policy and programme document, with good governance remaining the top focus.

Speaking at the second session of the Kantipur Economic Summit 2026 titled "Budget: Beyond figures, towards purpose," Upadhyaya said economic reform and infrastructure development would follow as the government's key priorities.

"The pillars of these priorities are investment and facilitation," Upadhyaya said.

He said government policies over the past decade had helped Nepal become self-sufficient in cement production and transformed the country from enduring 18 hours of daily load-shedding ...