The government has brought a budget of Rs 2 trillion 124 billion 340 million for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2026/027.
Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle presented the income and expenditure estimates for the upcoming fiscal year in a joint meeting of both houses of Federal Parliament today. This budget is the largest so far.
Finance Minister Wagle has allocated Rs 1 trillion 270 billion 580 million, or 59.8 percent of the budget, for current expenditure.
Similarly, Rs 431 billion 100 million, or 20.3 percent of the total budget, has been allocated for capital expenditure and Rs 422 billion 640 million, or 19.9 percent, for financial management, Minister Wagle said.
This budget is 25 percent more than the revised estimate for the current fiscal budget.
On May 29 (Jestha 15) last year, then Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel had brought a budget of Rs 1964 billion 110 million for the current fiscal year.
This budget is 25 percent more than the revised estimate for the current fiscal budget.
On May 29 (Jestha 15) last year, then Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel had introduced a budget of Rs 1964 billion 110 million for the current fiscal year.
Of this, Rs 1 trillion 180 billion 980 million (60.1%) had been allocated for current expenditure, Rs Rs 407 billion, 890 million (20.8%) for capital expenditure, and Rs 375 billion 240 million (19.1 %) for financial management.
However, after the Gen Z uprising of September 2025, the budget was implemented by the government formed under the premiership of Sushila Karki. Karki government's Finance Minister Rameshwar Khanal had revised the budget through the semi-annual review that it would not be fully spent.
According to the semi-annual review, only 85.96 percent of the initial allocation is estimated to be spent. Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance estimates that the total budget expenditure in the current fiscal year will be Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance estimates that the total budget expenditure in the current fiscal year will be Rs 1 trillion 688 billion 326 million 700 thousand.
Similarly, according to the semi-annual review, a revised target has been set to achieve 6 percent economic growth and limit consumer inflation to 5.5 percent. According to the revised expenditure structure, it is estimated that Rs 1 trillion 125 billion 979 million 400 thousand will be spent on current expenditure, or 95.34 percent of the allocation. The Ministry of Finance has stated that Rs 243 billion, 303 million 400 thousand will be spent on capital expenditure this year, or 59.65 percent of the allocation.
The Ministry of Finance has estimated that Rs 319 billion 43 million 900 thousand will be spent on financial management, or 85.02 percent of the allocation.
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