{"id":30765,"date":"2022-03-22T22:39:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/nepal-pm-trade-deficit\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T22:42:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:12:01","slug":"nepal-pm-trade-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/nepal-pm-trade-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal PM Deuba for increased use of electric vehicles to reduce huge trade gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-654663908\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>Kathmandu, Mar 22 (PTI) Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday directed government officials to promote policies that could help reduce the country\u2019s widening trade deficit.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-725743345\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p> \u201cAs the country\u2019s trade deficit has posted a dismal picture, it is high time to adopt appropriate measures to reduce it,\u201d Deuba said while addressing a meeting of the high-level Development Problem Solving Committee.<\/p>\n<p> He advised the government departments to increase the consumption of local products and increase electricity consumption through the use of electric vehicles and electric stoves.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We have to increase electricity consumption to reduce huge money being spent on import of petroleum products,&#8221; Deuba said.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-4024292750\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p> Since the beginning of the current fiscal year, the country has been witnessing a worsening balance of payments situation and a critical liquidity crunch in the country\u2019s banking sector.<\/p>\n<p> After there was a drop in the COVID-19 cases, import has been inflating every month.<\/p>\n<p> According to the Department of Customs, Nepal\u2019s trade deficit increased 34.50 per cent to Rs 1.160 trillion during mid-July 2021 and mid-March 2022.<\/p>\n<p> The government enforced various measures like making the importers maintain up to 100 per cent cash margin while opening a letter of credit account on import of 47 items and reduction in the quota on gold import to 10 kg daily, among others.<\/p>\n<p> However, the government policies have failed to result in any remarkable drop in the country\u2019s import expenses.<\/p>\n<p> In the review period, Nepal\u2019s import figure soared 38.64 per cent to Rs 1.308 trillion against export earnings of just Rs 147.74 billion. 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