Foreign Investment Commitments Reach NPR 45.32 Billion in 10 Months

Kathmandu. In the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, commitments for foreign direct investment worth NPR 45.32 billion have been received. According to the Department of Industry, commitments for investment worth NPR 45.32 billion 160 million have been received through 728 projects from the month of Shrawan to Baishakh of the current fiscal year.

As of the end of Chaitra, investment worth NPR 41.79 billion 850 million had been received through 615 projects. The largest investment commitment during that period has come into agro-based industries. Commitments for investment worth NPR 22.08 billion 800 million have been received in 16 agro-based projects.

Similarly, commitments for investment worth NPR 12.54 billion 700 million have been received for 189 projects in the tourism sector. Similarly, commitments for investment worth NPR 4.23 billion 240 million have been received for 55 service-oriented projects.

Similarly, commitments for investment worth NPR 2.70 billion have been received through 42 production-oriented projects, and commitments for investment worth NPR 1.65 billion have been received for one infrastructure project.

Commitments for investment worth NPR 1.74 billion 380 million have been received for 421 projects in the information technology sector. Similarly, commitments for investment worth NPR 230 million 420 million have been received for two energy-based projects. The smallest commitment for investment worth NPR 110 million 500 thousand has been received for two mineral-based projects.

The data from the department shows that in Baishakh alone, commitments for investment worth NPR 3.52 billion 300 million were received through 113 projects.