Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle: Government Policy to Hand Over Problematic State-Owned Industries to Private Sector

Kathmandu. Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle has stated that it is the government's policy to hand over the operation of closed and problematic state-owned industries to the private sector. He clarified this while speaking at the 28th general assembly of the Nepal Economic Journalists Association (SEJON) on Friday. He said that the narrative created that the government itself is running industries is wrong. He informed that the assets and liabilities of state-owned industries will be managed and handed over to the private sector after completing a certain process. According to him, detailed due diligence (DDA) has been completed for seven...