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Committed foreign direct investments into Nepal up 53 pct


A general view shows the urban area of the Kathmandu Valley with Swayambhunath stupa from Ichangu Narayan village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on November 9, 2020. AFP / Prakash Mathema

Kathmandu: Foreign direct investments pledged to Nepal had increased in the first eight months of the current 2024-25 fiscal year, the government announced on Friday.

The committed investments by Thursday stood at 321 million U.S. dollars, marking a 53-percent increase over the same period of 2023-24, the Department of Industry said in a report.

The pledged amounts went to 427 projects with a view to generating 11,475 jobs, noted the report.

The tourism sector attracted most of the amounts, followed by the sectors of information technology and service, the report said.



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