Govt raises 115.9 billion in revenue

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday informed that revenue amounting to Rs. 115.9 billion has been raised in the period of ten and half months in the current fiscal year.

The government had set a target to collect Rs. 130.5 billion in revenue.

The total sanctioned budget until second week of Jestha was Rs. 1.469 trillion, current expenditure Rs. 96.51 billion, capital expenditure Rs. 35. 21 billion and principal payment Rs. 15.248 billion, Finance Ministry spokesman Shankar Adhikari told state-owned Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). nepalnews.com June 10 09