Local Bodies’ High Dependency in Nepal

The local bodies in Nepal have been highly dependent on foreign aid and government's budget. Sushil Ghimire, the secretary of Ministry of Local development has publicly admitted that the reason behind it is the lack of timely election in Nepal.The election in the local level is not happening since last 9 years--almost a decade. Officials and experts have claimed that this situation has been reflected into the dependency of local bodies. Previously, local bodies used to survive on their own by collecting the revenue in their levels.

This high dependency has led to the corruption and mismanagement of budget that goes to the local levels Nepal has been receiving the around 40 percent of total yearly budget as the foreign aid.