The Beruju Clearance Monitoring Committee has published its annual report for fiscal year 2081/82, focusing on the status of audit irregularities, clearance efforts and challenges in improving financial discipline across federal ministries and agencies.

According to the report, the Auditor General’s 62nd annual report identified Rs. 91.59 billion in beruju for FY 2080/81, which was 9.45 percent higher than the previous year. The committee had directed ministries and central agencies to prepare clear action plans and target clearance of at least 60 percent of their total outstanding beruju by Asar 2082.

The report states that in FY 2081/82, around Rs. 39.60 billion in beruju was cleared, verified or removed from records. The highest clearance amounts came from the Finance Ministry, followed by the Agriculture and Livestock Development Ministry, Physical Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, Health and Population Ministry, and Home Ministry.

The committee identified several challenges, including weak internal controls, delays in legal and institutional processes, lack of coordination with the Auditor General’s system, destroyed or missing records after the Gen-Z movement, slow action by responsible officials, and low priority given to beruju clearance. It recommended stronger use of digital systems, linking clearance work with performance evaluation, deploying joint teams to collect evidence, regular meetings of responsible committees, and making financial discipline a core part of government work culture.