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Billions can be invested by public on hydropower
When Mega Bank issued primary shares worth Rs 699 million recently, it received applications for over 20 times more at Rs 14.20 billion. Applications of Rs 6.60 billion were received earlier when Commerce and Trust Bank offered shares worth Rs 600 million. Similarly, Civil Bank had received applications of Rs 4 billion for Rs 800 million of shares and Janta Bank Rs 1.80 billion for Rs 600 million.
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- Jun 26 2013
नविकरणीय उर्जा विकासमा जर्मनद्धारा पौने २ अर्ब सहयोग
युरोपियन मुलुक जर्मनीले नेपाललाई १ अर्ब ७५ करोड रुपैयाँ अनुदान उपलब्ध गराउने भएको छ ।
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- Jun 26 2013
Water Politics
India-Nepal relations have been badly mismanaged on both sides. The time has come to make a break with the past and explore new beginnings. In his article in the issue of 15 September of The Hindu, Prof. S. D. Muni has already covered the larger aspects of strategic and security concerns. This article will focus on water relations, though some reference to the larger context cannot be avoided.
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- Jun 26 2013
Govt, ADB, WB prioritize investment in energy sector
Realizing that acute power shortage is affecting people´s daily life and inflicting huge loss on industrial sector, the government, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB) have put investment in hydropower sector in their first priority.
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- Jun 26 2013
Transmission expansion
Accelerating urban and rural electricity access is one of the topmost national priorities of Nepal. However, Nepali electrification targets are largely confined to theory amidst the annually increasing number of domestic, industrial and commercial customers. The nation currently remains divided into two halves in terms of electricity access.
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- Jun 26 2013
Hydro fallacies
Retail electricity rates in Nepal are set to increase by another 20 percent. In mid-May, the Board of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) endorsed a proposal to increase electricity rates for all consumer categories, except those consuming less than 20 kWh per month. The proposal now moves to the Electricity Tariff Fixation Commission (ETFC), where the measure is likely to be approved.
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- Jun 26 2013
बजेटमा उर्जा क्षेत्र उच्च प्राथमिकतामा
अर्थमन्त्री शंकरप्रसाद कोइरालाले उर्जा क्षेत्रलाई उच्च प्राथमिकताको क्षेत्रमा राख्नुपर्ने बताउनुभएको छ । मंगलबार राजधानीमा आयोजित पूर्व-बजेट छलफल कार्यक्रममा उहाँले औद्योगिकरणको शुरुवात उर्जाबाटमात्र सम्भव भएको हुँदा निजीक्षेत्र, वैदेशिक लगानी र सरकारको आफ्नौ लगानीमा ठूला-ठूला हाईड्रोपावर बनाउने काम शुरु भएको बताउनुभयो ।
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- Jun 26 2013
जलविद्युतमा लगानी जुटाउन इन्भेस्टर्स फोरम हुँदै
‘बुधबार आयोजना हुने कार्यक्रम नेपाली लगानीकर्तालाई जलविद्युतमा लगानी गर्ने सम्बन्धमा केन्द्रित हुनेछ,’ रौनियारले भने, ‘प्राथामिक निस्कासनको घोषणा गर्नुअघि कम्पनीप्रति लागनीकर्ताको विश्वास पैदा हुनु आवश्यक छ।’ उनले कम्पनीको उद्देश्य, लगानीका क्षेत्र र उसले भविष्यमा दिने प्रतिफलबारे बुझाउन सके लागनीकर्ता आकर्षित हुने बताए।
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- Jun 26 2013
NEA to lose Rs 9 b a year after 6 years due to surplus energy in monsoon
The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) stands to lose Rs 9 billion a year from 1.80 billion units of electricity that can be wasted in the rainy season after six years as the government and private promoters are only constructing run of the river projects. NEA, however, has projected that load-shedding will continue during the dry season even then.
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- Jun 26 2013
केन्द्रीय प्रसारण लाइनका कारण लघु जलविद्युत् सङ्कटमा
ती आयोजनाबाट ३ सय ५० किलोवाट विद्युत् उत्पादन भइरहेको छ । यिनको निर्माणमा करीब रू.५ करोड २५ लाख खर्च भएको स्थानीय ज्ञानबहादुर थापाले जानकारी दिए
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- Jun 26 2013
