KATHMANDU, Feb. 12 -- The government received a commitment of foreign assistance worth Rs 205.84 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal year, more than three-fold of the amount pledged in the same period in the last fiscal year.

The records with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) show that development partners pledged the aforementioned amount for assistance during mid-July 2024 and mid-January 2025. Of the total amount, Nepal will be receiving Rs 151.40 billion in loans, which makes up 73.40 percent of the pledged amount.

In the review period last year, the donor agencies pledged to provide a total of Rs 59.97 billion, out of which Rs 20.27 billion (33.80 percent) was grants. The remaining amount of Rs 39.70 billion was pled...