Nepal, July 13 -- The government has once again failed to spend much of the budget allocated for development projects, with capital expenditure remaining below 45 percent in the fiscal year 2025/26, despite expectations that the new government would accelerate infrastructure spending.

Government payment releases ended on July 9. By July 11, only Rs 181.59 billion, or 44.52 percent, of the Rs 407.88 billion allocated for capital expenditure had been spent.

The performance marks a sharp decline from last fiscal year, when capital spending reached 59.59 percent. This year's execution rate is 15.07 percentage points lower.

According to the Financial Comptroller General Office, the government spent Rs 1.565 trillion, or 79.69 percent of th...