DOLPA, July 31: The government has been distributing subsidized rice to the people living in the remote and mountain districts since long. However, the locals of the mountain district Dolpa have stopped buying the rice distributed by the government stating that it is expensive in comparison to the locally available rice.

KATHMANDU, July 12: The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has introduced a provision in the Monetary Policy for Fiscal Year 2018/19 which allows banks to count loans against academic certificates, and higher education loans for students of marginalized and Dalit community, among others, as deprived sector lending.

KATHMANDU, May 26: The use of various subsidized loans provided by the government has increased in the third quarter of the current fiscal year.

NUWAKOT, Feb 11: Belkotgadhi Municipality has distributed saplings of kiwi in subsidy aiming to attract farmers towards kiwi farming.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Farmers getting loans from bank and financial institutions (BFIs) under subsidized interest scheme of the government will now have to bear higher borrowing cost.

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: At a time when earthquake victims are struggling to get subsidized loans from bank and financial institutions (BFIs), the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has introduced working procedure to provide similar concessional credit to the flood victims of Saptari and fire victims of Bhojpur and Terhathum for construction of house and run businesses.

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: At a time when earthquake victims are struggling to get subsidized loans from bank and financial institutions (BFIs), the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has introduced working procedure to provide similar concessional credit to the flood victims of Saptari and fire victims of Bhojpur and Terhathum for construction of house and run businesses.

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Bank and financial institutions (BFIs) have extended a total of Rs 6.46 billion in loans to farmers with the government-subsidized interest.

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has directed the authorities concerned to make arrangement for providing subsidized loan of Rs 300,000 to the earthquake survivors in a smooth manner.

DOLPA, August 29: Locals of three villages in Dolpa district in the mid western region have been deprived of government-sponsored subsidized rice and salt for the past two years, due to a dispute at Kerung border point.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Of the around 800,000 people who lost their homes in the devastating earthquakes of 2015, only 264 households have acquired loans from bank and financial institutions (BFIs) so far at a subsidized interest rate.

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: Women entrepreneurs have demanded that the government provide them subsidize loans.

DOLPA, Oct 30: With the Tihar, is in its third day, the shortage of rice to be provided by the government under the subsidy scheme has stolen the festive mood of the people of Dolpa.

KATHMANDU, June 29: Though the devastating earthquakes last year damaged nearly 800,000 houses, only 18 individuals have taken advantage of a subsidized loan scheme under which only 2 percent interest is charged.