Surkhet. The Karnali Province government spent 1.5546 billion, or 4.57 percent of its total budget, throughout the month of Chaitra.While the pace of budget implementation was weak until the end of Falgun, spending picked up slightly with the arrival of Chaitra. However, the provincial government has failed to significantly improve its overall budget expenditure.According to Account Officer Lalit Thapa of the Provincial Comptroller's Office, the government allocated a budget of 32.996655 billion for the current fiscal year (082/083), of which 8.0362 billion had been spent by the end of Chaitra, representing 24.21 percent of the total budget.By the end of...