The Ministry of Finance has made public its second-quarter progress report for fiscal year 2025/26, showing that 46.06 percent of the total annual budget had been spent by mid-January. Of the total allocation of Rs 1.964 trillion, government spending reached Rs 904.64 billion. Recurrent expenditure stood at 40.82 percent, while capital spending remained weak at just 11.66 percent, amounting to Rs 47.54 billion. The report also highlighted a revenue gap of Rs 129.8 billion against the mid-year target of Rs 711.2 billion.
