KATHMANDU, May 3 -- The government has set a target of producing about 28,500 megawatts of electricity in the country within the next decade. Sector experts have estimated that about Rs 6.1 trillion of capital is needed to produce electricity to meet this target.

Despite setting the aforementioned target to achieve by 2035, the government does not have any plan to manage the necessary capital for this purpose. Ram Krishna Khatiwada, Chief Executive Officer of Nepal Infrastructure Bank (NIFRA), said that only Rs 4 trillion has been invested in the energy sector so far.

According to him, an additional investment of Rs 6.1 trillion is required to produce electricity as targeted by the government. "It is challenging from the point of view o...