Nepal Purbadhar

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Nepal and Japan sign two agreements for improving irrigation and urban electricity distribution

Nepal and Japan sign two agreements for improving irrigation and urban electricity distribution

KATHMANDU: The Government of Nepal and the Government of Japan signed two separate agreements for utilizing grant assistance of around Rs 2 billion for the implementation of the Improvement of the Rehabilitation of Irrigation System

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India, World Bank looking to spur lending for electric vehicles

India, World Bank looking to spur lending for electric vehicles

India’s government and the World Bank are in talks to introduce a risk-sharing mechanism to compensate banks giving loans for electric vehicle purchases, an official said, as the country seeks to decarbonize the transport sector.

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PM Deuba calls for investment in Nepal’s tourism, hydropower sectors

PM Deuba calls for investment in Nepal’s tourism, hydropower sectors

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the Indonesian Ambassador to Nepal to facilitate in order to bring in investment in Indonesia in hydropower, tourism, and other potential sectors of Nepal. Prime Minister Deuba

Interview
‘Green infrastructure should be recombined with digital infrastructure’

‘Green infrastructure should be recombined with digital infrastructure’

Tae Yong Jung is a Professor of Sustainable Development, at the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University. Tae has been closely studying the issues of digital transformation and green financing. He opines that

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“National rules must be favorable to attract private investment in green infrastructure”

“National rules must be favorable to attract private investment in green infrastructure”

Robert Dobias is an advisor of the Climate Change Center, National Research Council of Thailand. Dobias is also associated with Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research. He has been involved in various climate change policy

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Nepal’s GDP could shrink by at least 7 percent by 2050 due to unchecked climate impacts: World Bank 

Nepal’s GDP could shrink by at least 7 percent by 2050 due to unchecked climate impacts: World Bank 

KATHMANDU: The World Bank Group’s  ‘Country Climate and Development Report for Nepal’ has warned that Nepal’s GDP could be at least 7 percent smaller by 2050 if climate impacts are left unchecked. The report also underscored the urgency

Infra Special
More investment in infrastructure stressed

More investment in infrastructure stressed

KATHMANDU: The speakers at the fifth session of the Nepal Infrastructure Conference 2022 highlighted the necessity of planned and strategic development of infrastructure in the country.   They expressed views at a session entitled 'Government

Interview
“Good governance, policy reforms, and transparency are key factors to attract the private sector to green infrastructure investment”

“Good governance, policy reforms, and transparency are key factors to attract the private sector to green infrastructure investment”

Warren Evans is the Special Senior Advisor (Climate Change), at the Office of the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Evans gained more than 40 years of experience in sustainable development and climate change

Energy
ADB Signs $52 Million Loan with Masdar to Build Largest Wind Power Plant in Central Asia

ADB Signs $52 Million Loan with Masdar to Build Largest Wind Power Plant in Central Asia

TASHKENT,UZBEKISTAN-The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Shamol Zarafshan Energy Foreign Enterprise Limited Liability Company (SZE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Private Joint Stock Company (Masdar), signed a $52 million loan

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Private Sector Leads Leapfrogging in Electricity Generation

Private Sector Leads Leapfrogging in Electricity Generation

KATHMANDU: Up until 1990 when multiparty democracy was restored in Nepal, total electricity generation was hardly 176 MW with private sector contribution of only 9.4 MW. Almost a decade later, the budget for the fiscal