Nepal govt officials continue their training in India

The second group of 20 officials of Nepal's Ministry of Finance joined the training course on 'Global Perspectives on Public Financial Management' at the Institute of Government Accounts and Finance (INGAF) here on Monday.

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

It is a special tailor-made training course on Public Finance Management designed at the request and as per the requirement of the Ministry of Finance of Nepal for a total of 62 officials, read an official statement.

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

The first group of 20 Nepali officials had successfully completed their 10-day long training on January 24.

The INGAF, New Delhi is a premier training institute of Government of India in the field of Public Finance Management with state-of-the-art learning facilities.

INGAF's recognition across the spectrum has led to having associations and collaborations with premier institutions like Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Florida, Atlanta School of Public Policy, Duke University, Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru and so on.

INGAF is one of the partner institutes for imparting professional training to officials from friendly developing countries across the world under the ITEC programme.