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Nepal needs large financial resources for economic transformation: Dr. Mahat

 Kathmandu, Nov. 1

Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that there is a need for large financial resources for the prosperity and economic transformation of Nepal.

Foreign investment is indispensable in this drive as internal resources are not sufficient for that, FM Dr. Mahat said while addressing the high-level investment conference organised by the Embassy of Nepal in London on Tuesday

The Embassy has organised the event at the Mansion House in London on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship between Nepal and the United Kingdom in 1923.

On that occasion, Finance Minister Dr. Mahat stated that the government of Nepal has enacted necessary laws, legislations, amendments and institutional arrangements for an investment-friendly environment, and this year's budget has started various reforms to make it easier for investors.

He informed that the necessary legal infrastructure would be prepared to mobilise capital from the international financial market and expressed his belief that there would be a further increase in investment from the UK in the future, read the statement issued by the Embassy.

Gyan Chandra Acharya, Nepali Ambassador to the UK, said that Nepal wants to bring in investments from the UK with priority in the fields of renewable energy, information technology, education and tourism through long-term financial sources of investment from the financial center London.

He said that Nepal has signed a bilateral agreement with the neighbouring country India for electricity trade and is preparing to export it to Bangladesh as well.

Likewise, Alderman and Sheriff Bronek Masozada of London said that the City of London has plenty of financial resources and risk-bearing insurance companies and that the support of the City of London will be there for the sustainable development of Nepal.

Director of the UK's Foreign Ministry, Ben Mellor, said that in the last few years, investment in various areas of Nepal has been increasing through British International Investment and that the UK is helping to improve the foreign investment environment, and expressed his commitment to continue helping to facilitate the process of upgrading Nepal from the Least Developed Country to a developing nation.

Birendra Sharma, Chairman of the British Nepal Parliamentary Group in the British Parliament, said that there are many possibilities for investment in various areas of Nepal.

Chief Executive Officer of the UK Export Finance, Tim Reed, informed that UK Export Finance is ready to invest up to 1.5 billion pounds in various areas of Nepal.

According to the embassy, the conference was focused on the investment in the renewable energy, information technology and education sectors of Nepal.

Bam Bahadur Mishra, Deputy Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, assured the investors that the central bank of Nepal is committed to simplifying the process of foreign investment approval and repatriation of profits of foreign companies.

Amrit Lamsal, Joint Secretary of Investment Board Nepal, while giving a presentation about the opportunities for foreign investment in different areas of Nepal, said that the Investment Board is committed to facilitating foreign investors throughout the period of investment approval and project implementation.

Similarly, Sandip Dev, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, said that there is a huge potential in Nepal's energy sector due to Nepal's long-term energy development plans and power trade agreements with India and China.

Chandra Prasad Dhakal, President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, urged foreign investors to invest confidently in Nepal as there is an investment-friendly environment for the private sector.

Ganesh Karki, President of the Independent Energy Producers Association of Nepal, invited foreign investors to invest in Nepal citing the positive role of the Government of Nepal in the development of this sector.

British International Investment's Managing Director Colin Buckley and Dolma Impact Fund's Founder and Chief Executive Officer Tim Gochar stated that their investments in Nepal are fruitful and pointed out that Nepal is a suitable country for responsible investment.

The Ministry of Finance of Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding with development financial institutions investing in Nepal - British International Investment, UK, FMO, Netherlands, Bio, Belgium, Finfund, Finland, Proparco, France and Saiphem, Switzerland regarding facilitating their investment in Nepal.

 Published in The Rising Nepal on 2 November 2023. 


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