Our financial policies are directed towards creating real economic value, promoting sustainable development and contributing to long term productivity growth. NRB has made mandatory provisions for commercial banks to invest at least one-fifth of their resources in the designated productive sectors. Of which, at least 15 percent of the loan should be extended to agriculture and energy sectors.
Similarly, a provision of counting bank loans up to Rs. 1 million to small farmers and micro-enterprises towards deprived sector lending has been made. 14. Nepal has also developed institutional investors to mobilize resources through the channels other than the banking system. Resource mobilized about Rs.