KATHMANDU, June 27: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Sashi Shrestha has said that the government has not barred banks and financial institutions from keeping land as collateral.

KATHMANDU June 21 - The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (MoLMCPA) has stated that the recent Supreme Court decision has only allowed people to take loans by keeping their land as collateral and that land has to be classified for fragmentation.

KATHMANDU, June 21: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday issued an interim order in the name of the government not to implement its decision to stop issuing loans from banks and financial institutions by accepting land as collateral.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has urged banks to accept lands in rural areas as collateral for loans.

MYAGDI, Dec 17: Fed up of the local authority's cavalier attitude towards the expansion of a road at Bhakimli-5 in the district, a total of 13 local women have taken matters into their hands to help build nine kilo meters of road to their village.