The Third group of 22 officials of Nepal’s Ministry of Finance have joined their training course on ‘Global Perspectives on Public Financial Management’ at the Institute of Government Accounts and Finance (INGAF) in New Delhi on Monday.

The training is being held under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme of the Ministry of External Affairs.

This is a special tailor-made training course on Public Finance Management designed at the request and requirement of Nepal’s Ministry of Finance for a total 62 officials.

Earlier, 40 Nepali officials had successfully completed their 10-days long training at the INGAF.

The INGAF is a premier training institute of Government of India in the field of Public Finance Management with state-of-the-art learning facilities. It is one of the Partner Institutes for imparting professional trainings to officials from friendly developing countries across the world under ITEC programme.

The training will enhance capabilities of these officials in global practices dealing with e-payment system, accounting & cash management, public burrowing system, accounting of foreign loans/grants and repayments, pension payment system, internal audit, fiscal responsibility and budget management, etc.