Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that investment should be made in new and important projects as an investment environment is being created in the country.
This was stated by Prime Minister Deuba, who is also Chairman of the Investment Board, while understanding the process report of the Investment Board on Monday. He said that Nepal is now moving forward at the pace of development and no one could stop the pace of development.
Chief Executive Officer of the Board Sushil Bhatta presented the progress of his one-year tenure to the Chairman of the Board and Prime Minister Deuba. On the occasion, Prime Minister Deuba has inquired from Bhatta about the progress made by the board in one year.
After hearing the progress of the work, Prime Minister Deuba also instructed to move ahead after holding discussion with the stakeholders to attract investment in schemes of national importance.
The report submitted by the board mentions the achievements made in the last year in the areas of investment approval, project approval, project implementation and construction facilitation, investment promotion and institutional development. According to a report in Gorkhapatra Online, the board is in the process of approving an investment of around 136 billion for various projects in the last year.
By Muna Chand
