South Asian News Network

Bishnu Prasad Poudel, the deputy prime minister and minister of finance, highlighted the government’s initiatives to boost the economy through private sector investment and public-private partnerships. A study on internal resource mobilization in infrastructure funding was presented by researchers Krishna Prasad Acharya. Madan Dahal, the chairman of the National Insurance Authority, Jitendra Dhital, the administrator of the Employees Provident Fund, and Dr. Kusum Shakya, a professor at Tribhuvan University, talked on the significance of building project implementation capability and planning dependable projects beforehand. Over Rs 1.5 trillion is raised by the Citizen Investment Fund, Employees Provident Fund, Social Security Fund, Pension Fund, and Life Insurance Fund. The Employees Provident Fund makes investments in the real estate, energy, and tourist industries.