SME in Nepal

"तथ्यांकअनुसार सुरुदेखि ०६५/०६६ को अन्त्यसम्म १ लाख १८ हजार ९ सय २२ उद्योग खारेज भएका छन् भने ५३ करोड ५१ लाख रुपैयाँ लगानी खेर गएको छ । यो अवधिमा ९ लाख ९८ हजार ९ सय ३० व्यक्तिको रोजगारी गुमेको महासंघको औद्योगिक प्रवद्र्धन तथ्यांकमा उल्लेख छ ।"

तथ्यांकअनुसार हालसम्म मुलुकभर सञ्चालनमा रहेका घरेलु तथा साना उद्योगमा मात्रै १ खर्ब ७ अर्ब ५ करोड लगानी छ । यसबाट १ लाख १० हजार ७ सय ६१ उद्योग सञ्चालनमा छन् भने तिनमा ९ लाख १५ हजार ५ सय ३९ जनाले रोजगारी पाएका छन् ।..............

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branchless banking Nepal

"The interaction was held by the ministry in association with National Banking Training Institute with an objective of enhancing people’s access to financial service. “Our objective is to enhance common people’s excess to financial services via branchless banking,” said NBTI CEO Sanjib Subba. “Participants discussed creating a common network platform for conducting branchless banking. As it requires a huge investment in technology, the participants focused on finding a way for moving ahead together.”Click here to Read more

Energy Economics Nepal....

we have currently installed the power of around 700 MW only. We have huge hydropower resource of 43,000 MW but have been successful in harnessing only 1.5 percent of its potential. Besides, we do not have any known resources of petroleum products, but the consumption of these products has been increasing at a tremendous rate. In 2010, total petroleum products sales (1.2 million) increased by 27 percent but some of the products increased at a much higher rate such as petrol by 31 percent, diesel by 37 percent and LPG by 22 percent respectively. The consumption of the petroleum products is much higher in comparison with the GDP growth rate of around 3.5 percent . As per the Economic Survey of the country, import of petroleum products was just 27 percent of the commodity exports in 2001.

Now in 2011, it may surpass 110 percent (around Rs 70 billion) of the commodity exports (Rs 64 billion approximately). Because of the power cuts and other reasons such as strikes and labor problems, our industrial outputs are getting less competitive and hence, exports are stagnating at the range of around Rs 60 billion. Click here to read more

Sorry state of rural electrification in Nepal

Problem :

"Under the community-led model, user groups partnered with the government to being electricity to villages that were off the grid. Communities took charge of distribution, maintenance, and even shared 20 per cent of construction costs, with government providing the rest. These community-managed systems are so well administered that pilferage is non-existent and most are making decent profits. This is in stark contrast to the badly managed and nearly insolvent NEA. Following electrification under this model, schools have introduced computers, health posts have started refrigerating vaccines, and small-scale industries are being set up."

"Faced with crippling power cuts in the capital, it is easy to forget about the 55 per cent of rural Nepal that isn't connected to the grid. But community electrification is one of Nepal's few success stories, and high-level visits from Bhutan and Laos indicated international interest in the model. By forcibly incorporating a community-driven program into the centralised and ineffective institution that is NEA, the government is guaranteeing that its success will

be short-lived."

(Source: Nepali Time)

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Solution :

World Bank recent came out with this report for India - " Analysis of Models for Improving Rural Electricity Services in India through Distributed Generation and Supply of Renewable

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