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Vol. 4 :: No. 5

May, 2002 (Baishakh - Jestha 2059)

Voices

"Tenth Plan should give special attention to the Farmer Managed Irrigation System (FMIS) as its share in the irrigated agriculture in the country is almost two percent."

Dr. Prachand Pradhan,
Chairman, FMIS Promotion, at a two day international seminar on ‘FMIS in the changed context.

"Twenty Million workers globally die annually due to the lack of awareness and negligence."

Leyle Tegmo-Reddy,
Director, International Labor Organization (ILO), Kathmandu, on the occasion of International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD).

"Despite the present disturbances in every sector including business and industry sector, we are surprised to observe 4% increment in government revenue and several economic indicators in favorable position as compared to the corresponding period last year."

Dr Tilak Rawal,
Governor, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), at the 47th Anniversary of NRB.

"Rising regular expenditure, growing liabilities of the public enterprises and squeezing revenue collection have created difficulty in maintaining fiscal balance."

Dr Bimal Koirala,
Finance Secretary.

"There is yet much to do in creating awareness on intellectual property rights.

Bharat Bahadur Thapa,
Director, Department of Industry, Stressing on the need to raise awareness on intellectual property rights on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

"With the estimates of the Asian Development Bank of 1.5 percent reduction in the economic growth for the current year, it is hard for the government to maintain the current per capita income."

Raghav Dhoj Pant,
Senior Economist, at an interaction programmes on "Current Economic Situation.



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