{"id":429765,"date":"2026-05-11T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=429765"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:40:10","slug":"govt-s-policies-and-programmes-share-investment-option-to-forward-hydropower-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/11\/429765.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt.&#8217;s policies and programmes: Share investment option to forward hydropower projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>The government has proposed share investment as an option to the long-term solution to the problems witnessed in the construction of hydropower projects and the power grid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/President-Paudel-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/President-Paudel-1-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/President-Paudel-1-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/President-Paudel-1-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The government&#8217;s policies and programmes unveiled on Monday gave top priority to the energy and water resources sector. A target has been set to generate 30,000 MW of electricity within the next 10 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government incorporated the issues of revising laws related to energy, forest land and environment and implementing a one-door system. The provision to provide options for share investment instead of compensation to citizens of the project-affected areas is also in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Programmes like ensuring the private sector&#8217;s participation in power production, transmission, distribution and trade, increasing internal consumption by promoting industries based on energy, and making cross-border power trade agreements as a medium of attracting long-term investment have been given high priority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, expanding off-grid solar, air and small hydropower systems in places where there is no national grid facility, tax exemption, concessional electricity rate, implementing capital incentives and investment-friendly policy to promote strategic green industries like green hydrogen, green ammonia and chemical fertiliser have been incorporated in the policies and programmes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has adopted a policy of guaranteeing irrigation facilities in the areas of Madhes\/Tarai, where there is no irrigation facility through groundwater and in the hilly and mountainous areas through lift technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, there is a policy of implementing a policy of making meteorological forecasting system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: The government has proposed share investment as an option to the long-term solution to the problems witnessed in the construction of hydropower projects and the power grid. The government&#8217;s policies and programmes unveiled on Monday gave top priority to the energy and water resources sector. 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