Major Highlights of Monetary Policy
– Ram Chandra Rupakheti 1. The upper bound of the Interest Rate Corridor has been kept unchanged to 5 percent, the deposit collection rate as the lower bound of IRC has been reduced from 2 percent to 1 percent, repo rate as the policy rate has been reduced from 3.5 percent to 3 percent. 2. The total credit in the agriculture sector should be at least 15 percent of the total credit. This will be done by banks and financial institutions till 2080, Ashad end. 3. To help in those agriculture sectors for self-sufficient, 0.2% provision in the first year and 0.6% provision in the second year of operations have been made on the loan. These sectors include fruit farming like mango, sweet orange (junar), lychee, kiwi, dragon food, avocado, etc. 4. Agriculture bank will be made as leader of lenders in agriculture sectors. 5. Farmer’s credit card will be distributed to farmers by Agricultural Development Bank. 6. By the end of 2081, the loan should be disbursed at least to 10 percent of total credit in energy sectors. It is added a policy for the experience gainers in energy sectors to issue energy bonds for the long-term fund in the energy sectors. 7. There is a facility of lower interest rate to be 1 percent addition in the base rate to hydropower companies who complete the project and...
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