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LPG price keeps soaring. How feasible an alternative is electric cooking?
What seems to be a promising alternative to escape LPG price hikes, the adoption of electric cooking has its limitations on the ground.
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LPG price keeps soaring. How feasible an alternative is electric cooking?
What seems to be a promising alternative to escape LPG price hikes, the adoption of electric cooking has its limitations on the ground.
What does the Nepal-China 13 points joint statement cover?
The joint statement outlines the understanding and agreements, including signed MoUs, between the two countries achieved during the PM Dahal's official visit to China
Highlights from the new census: The shifts in Nepal’s agriculture landscape
The new agriculture census provides valuable insights into the evolving landscape of farming in the country, showing changes in many variables over the period of …
Measuring private sector contribution to the country’s economy
The sector contributed 81.55% of the total GDP in 2021/22. This sector is also the largest employer of the total workforce in the country — …
Minimum nominal wage increased to Rs 17,300
The minimum wage was Rs 2,394 in 2005/06, which represents an annualised average increment of 4.8% when compared to the newly fixed wage. The inflation …
Kathmandu-Terai/Madhes Fast Track sees one-fourth of progress in six years
The National Pride Project, revered as strategically important, sees one-fourth of progress in its six years of implementation with the project now extended to 2027. …
Foreign employment and songs of separation
Songs in Nepal, for years, have depicted societal needs and predicaments, including the struggles and hardships of Nepali migrant workers in foreign lands.
Assessing 25 years of VAT implementation in Nepal
Among many issues with the VAT system, the absence of substantive revisions within VAT act has engendered a singular taxation framework lacking discernible differentiations between …
Despite large health and economic costs, Nepal taxes tobacco products too low
Nepal’s taxation on tobacco products, a major risk factor for multiple noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) — cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes, is the …
Cement industry: High production and low demand open door for export
In the current fiscal year, Nepal has exported cement and clinker worth over Rs 677 million, while the import stands at Rs 288.46 million.
"We have ten years to produce excellent human capital for the next ten years"
Dr. Kalpana Khanal is a Senior Research Fellow at the government think-tank Policy Research Institute (PRI) where she also heads the Center for Economics and …
Fiscal or monetary policy-led economic recovery?
For Nepal’s ailing economy with deep-lying structural problems, the recently announced fiscal policy is inadequate while the central bank’s monetary measures which usually work as …
