Links to news about Nepal’s fiscal budget 2009/10

Nepal’s Finance Minister presented Surendra Pandey fiscal budget 2009/10 yesterday. The total budget is Rs 285.93 billion, which is a record-breaking amount. I will write a review of the budget tomorrow. Below are some of the links to news about the budget from the Nepalese media.

Text of budget speech

What the budget means for you

Budget 2009: Nothing but promises

Hydropower gets huge budget boost

Mixed bag in borrowed template

Govt promises ‘half-hearted’ reforms

25,000 MW hydroelectricity in 20 years

A budget with many upsides

Income tax exemption raised

FM steps on higher ground than Dr Bhattarai

The year of the roads

Ambitious budget, populist thrust