Kathmandu, Aug. 24
Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil
Aviation Badri Pandey has directed the ministry and its subordinate bodies to
focus fully on implementing the budget of the current Fiscal Year 2025/26, even
if it means recruiting additional technical manpower.
Addressing the Ministry-Level Development Action
Committee and the progress review meeting for the Fiscal Year 2024/25 on
Sunday, Minister Pandey emphasised that the projects must be implemented in a
way that they would be completed on time with the desired quality standards.
“We must prioritise budget implementation,
even if it requires adding more technical personnel. When there is an imbalance
between physical and financial progress, it becomes difficult to obtain a true
picture of the project status. Therefore, projects that cannot be implemented
should be dropped from the outset,” he said.
Minister Pandey stated that strong
coordination among all three tiers of government is essential to bring the
meticulously prepared plans of the ministry into practice. He instructed
subordinate departments not to delay service seekers’ files and to work
actively. He also made it clear that employees who do not work effectively
should consider being moved elsewhere.
He said the merger of the Nepal Academy of
Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) and the Nepal Mountain Academy couldn’t be
implemented since their nature of work is different.
The meeting presented reports on the budget
and expenditure status of the ministry and related agencies, the 16th Plan and
annual performance indicators, national pride projects, progress of other
plans, grievances and arrears, the implementation status of policies,
programmes and the budget speech, key achievements, and existing challenges.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 25 August 2025.
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