Nepal, Jan. 18 -- In a welcome development, Nepal is poised to see significant growth in the inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Foreign companies have pledged investment of Rs 22.33 billion in the first half of the current fiscal year. According to the Department of Industry (DoI), a total of 226 foreign firms have expressed their commitment to inject the amount in Nepal. The amount is 29 percent more than the investment committed by the foreign firms in the same period last year. During mid-July and mid-January of the fiscal year 2022/23, Nepal received foreign direct investment (FDI) worth Rs 17.30 billion. In one month between mid-December and mid-January this year, the DoI approved FDI of Rs 1.72 billion from 27 foreign firms....