Nepal's financial sector's backbone, Nepal Rastra Bank's institutional autonomy and professional impartiality, has once again raised serious questions. The recent agreements made by the Finance Committee under the House of Representatives, formed to amend the 'Nepal Rastra Bank Act, 2058', appear to be a scheme to keep the central bank under political and administrative pressure rather than making it autonomous and empowered. This will certainly deal a serious blow to the central bank's institutional independence and professional impartiality. In fact, the main background of this amendment process was the agreement made in the past while taking the Extended Credit Facility...