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“As various indicators show that the people are still deprived of competitive banking services, it is faulty to say that the existing number of banks is more than enough.”
Deependra Bahadur Kshetry , Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank pointing out that the rate of interest on bank deposits is low and the banks are charging fee from the customers even for issuing balance certificates.
“ India has already taken the initiative to buy water from Nepal. But we in Nepal are not responding to it.”
Anand Bahadur Thapa , former Executive Secretary of Water and Energy Commission of Nepal, arguing that the commission set up in India for interlinking the rivers is in fact meant for negotiating with Nepal for purchasing water from Nepal.
“We have found our customers advising their foreign counterparts from avoiding investment in labour-intensive businesses in Nepal.”
Parshuram Kunwar Chettri , CEO of Bank of Asia Nepal Ltd., explaining the business environment in Nepal.
“The loan waiver has rather helped us as the government is repaying us the amount that we waived. Thus we are recovering what was the bad loan.”
Janak Raj Shah, CEO of Agricultural Development Bank.
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