Nepal's Central Bank Celebrates 66th Anniversary ( With the Governor's Full-Length Speech Transcribed Inside)

Governor Mr. Maha Prasad Adhikari gave a speech on the occasion of the 66th Anniversary of Nepal Rastra Bank yesterday. The anniversary program was held virtually in wake of the pandemic's second wave.

Adhikari started his speech with a summary of how the past year has been a challenging one for Nepal's economy and the central bank. He went through a brief timeline of the pandemic and the economic impacts of the prohibitory measures that the government had to make.

The central bank has been making policy modifications to help businesses soften the impacts of the pandemic. The governor went through the strategic and legal changes that the central bank introduced for the same.

The governor's full-length speech is transcribed in the document below: