In Nepal, eighteen ruling parties have asked the care taker government to unveil the budget next week for the current fiscal year in a bid to rescue the impoverished nation from the current economic crisis.This was decided at a meeting of the ruling parties held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Kathmandu this afternoon. Talking to newsmen, Law Minister Prem Bahadur Singh said the ruling parties have expressed full support to the government on the passage of the budget.Caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal called a meeting of the ruling parties today following consultations he held yesterday with legal experts and senior government officials on tabling the budget in parliament in the face of objections raised by the main opposition Unified CPN (Maoist).AIR Kathmandu Correspondent reports that the government could not introduce a full budget even four months after the new financial year began in mid-July due to failure among the political parties to arrive at a consensus on forming a new government in spite of repeated talks held among the major parties.AIR correspondent C.K. Dorjee reports from Kathmandu that the meeting of the eighteen ruling parties has advised the Prime Minister to seek consensus among all parties including the opposition Maoists on the budget proposal in view of the impending financial crisis facing the country. The meeting pledged full support to the caretaker government in the passage of the budget even if the Maoists refuse to cooperate. The Maoists have been opposing the caretaker government from presenting the annual budget saying only a new government can do so. Analysts believe that further delay in presenting the budget will lead to slowdown in growth rate and dversely affect the implementation of developmental projects. The prevailing political uncertainty and strong opposition from the Maoists, the largest party in the parliament against has led to protracted delay in passing of a full budget in parliament with the government running out of money even to pay its employees and meet basic necessities like medicines for government hospitals and feeding inmates in prisons.