KATHMANDU, June 15: Contractors fear that the provisions 'regressive' for the construction industry will stay in the seventh amendment of Public Procurement Act, similar to those in the recent sixth amendment, which had riled the contractors.

KATHMANDU, May 8: The government has started homework to amend the Public Procurement Act to accelerate the stalled development projects, Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada said on Wednesday.