Karnali Province Faces Growing Financial Irregularities and Unresolved Audit Arrears

Surkhet. The Public Accounts Committee under the Karnali Provincial Assembly has been actively working for the past two years to control the provincial government's audit arrears (beruju). As arrears continue to rise annually, the committee is conducting extensive discussions to minimize them.Committee Chairman Bindaman Bista stated that the committee is currently discussing the arrears pointed out by the Office of the Auditor General's seventh report across various ministries. 'We have created a schedule for discussions on the seventh annual report of the Auditor General with the ministries and agencies of Karnali Province,' he said. 'The discussions on ministry arrears, which...