KATHMANDU, March 23:  Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has directed the Inland Revenue Department, the Department of Revenue Investigation and the Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection to make market monitoring more effective.

KATHMANDU, Aug 15: The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection collected more than Rs 1 million in cash fines from traders on the charge of misconduct in the last one week. It is probably the largest amount of cash penalty that the market regulator submitted to the government treasury within a week’s time.