Foreign aid commitments to Nepal in the first two months of fiscal year grow seven-fold.

Nepalis abroad sent home Rs165.73 billion in the first two months despite a virus-ravaged world economy.

Incomes have gone down, prices have gone up with supply chain obstructions in a country where 82 percent of the gross domestic product is based on consumption.

The price of live goats was fixed at Rs550 per kg, which is Rs100 per kg less than the market price.

Domestic sales too have disappeared with no tourists coming into the country.

The Human Rights Commission and parliamentary committees have, on different occasions, directed the government to provide easy and affordable flight services to people in remote areas to fulfil its social obligation.

As a stop-gap measure, the Inland Revenue Department has ordered Janak Education Material Centre to print nearly 100 million stickers.

The prices of food items like rice, lentils, legumes, edible oil too have increased by Rs10 per kg on an average—adding strain to already struggling denizens.

Many farmers are switching to rearing fish because it provides a higher return compared to other types of farming.

Demand, especially from hotels and restaurants, has dried up completely, traders say.