Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing has grown rapidly, and the amount of professionally managed portfolios that have integrated key elements of ESG assessments.

Nepal faced a trade deficit of about Rs 115 billion every month in the fiscal year 2018/19. Similarly, the country imported vegetables worth more than Rs 90 million per day during period of mid-March and mid-April, 2020.

Nepal has the lowest per capita electricity consumption in South Asia at about 267 kWh. Till now, 92.5 percent of country’s population has access to electricity.