KATHMANDU: Nepal News presents today’s snapshot of Nepal’s economic activities. Get quick updates on major market movements, policy shifts, and financial developments shaping the economy of Nepal. Here are the key economic highlights for today:

NEPSE Gains 6.11 Points, Turnover Climbs to Rs 8 Billion

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) rose by 6.11 points (0.23 percent) on Tuesday to close at 2,576.29, recovering part of Monday’s losses. The Sensitive Index also gained 0.79 points to 451.34. Trading activity increased, with 18.29 million shares of 383 companies traded through 53,854 transactions, generating a turnover of Rs 8.417 billion, up from Rs 7.468 billion a day earlier. Share prices of 164 companies advanced, while 101 declined and 10 remained unchanged. Kamana Sewa Bikas Bank Debenture was the top gainer with a 10.22 percent rise, while Samudayik Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha recorded the biggest loss, falling 8.10 percent.

Investors Threaten Brokerage Shutdown Amid Stagnant Regulatory Response

Retail investors staged an aggressive demonstration outside the Securities Board of Nepal headquarters on Tuesday, demanding an immediate market rescue package. While security units deployed heavily to contain the demonstrators, senior regulatory officials shifted locations to the Ministry of Finance to conduct emergency crisis talks. The investor coalition threatened a complete shutdown of all 94 brokerage houses across the country if a structural stabilization framework was not delivered within 24 hours. In response, regulators provided assurances that a comprehensive policy intervention would be formulated by the end of the day.

Deposit Volumes in Commercial Banking Channels Expand Over 10%

Overall deposit volumes across commercial banks and financial institutions grew by 10.3 percent inside the fiscal cycle. Official transaction statements published by Nepal Rastra Bank confirmed that gross bank balances increased by Rs 748.62 billion, elevating the country’s total banking resource pool to Rs 8.012 trillion by the end of June 14. A granular breakdown reveals savings deposits dominate the sector at 46.6 percent, followed by fixed-term lock-ups at 37.3 percent, and institutional accounts holding a 33.7 percent total stake.

Average Inflation for 11 Months Stands at 2.89%

The average inflation for the current fiscal year 2025/26 up to mid-June 2026 has been recorded at 2.89 percent. According to the ‘Current Macro-Economic and Financial Situation Report’ released by Nepal Rastra Bank (the central bank) on Monday, which is based on data from the first 11 months of the fiscal year, the year-on-year consumer price inflation stood at 5.22 percent from mid-May to mid-June 2026. In the same month of the previous year, this inflation rate was 2.72 percent.  Inflation rate for the food and beverage group stood at 4.95 percent, while the inflation rate for the non-food and services group was 5.37 percent. Under the food and beverage group, the year-on-year consumer price index for the fruits sub-group increased by 17.40 percent, ghee and oil by 15.10 percent, fish and meat by 5.26 percent, and vegetables by 4.14 percent. On the other hand, the year-on-year consumer price index for the pulses and legumes sub-group decreased by 0.93 percent.

Remittance Inflow Reaches Record Rs 2 Trillion in 11 Months

Remittance inflows surged to Rs 2.12 trillion during the first 11 months (July 17, 2025, to June 14, 2026) of the current fiscal year 2025/26, marking a 38.2 percent increase from the same period a year earlier, according to the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). The NRB’s Current Macro-Economic and Financial Situation Report showed that remittance inflows totaled USD 14.59 billion during the review period, up 29.6 percent year on year. In the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, remittance inflows in US dollar terms had increased by 12.8 percent. The report also showed that Rs 203.89 billion in remittances entered the country between May 15 and June 14 of the current fiscal year, compared with Rs 176.32 billion during the corresponding month of fiscal year 2024/25.

Shrines Divert 80% of Rs 538.6 Million Karnali Tourism Budget

Birendranagar Municipality public spend monitors revealed that the Karnali Province Government diverted nearly 80 percent of its specialized regional tourism development funds into constructing neighborhood shrines and local sectarian structures. Out of an aggregate provincial budget of Rs 35.398 billion, the administration set aside just Rs 538.6 million for the hospitality sector during the 2025/26 fiscal year. Audits showed funds were fragmented across small scale projects, including 20 minor shrines in Salyan and a Rs 3 billion building for a local legal bar association unit.

Revenue Advisor Formally Appointed to Assist Ministry Financial Management Targets

The Ministry of Finance officially completed the ministerial appointment of a senior revenue advisor on Monday. The permanent resident of Syangja brings over 15 years of continuous public accounting, financial auditing, and corporate advisory experience to the macroeconomic post. The administration confirmed the new advisory role is entirely honorary and will focus heavily on streamlining tax collection networks. The newly appointed expert will directly coordinate with ministerial departments to construct policy safeguards necessary to successfully meet the government’s ambitious Rs 1.6 trillion national revenue collection target.

Illicit Cross Border Salt Influx Depresses Local Sales in Jhapa

Mechinagar Municipality, Jhapa, faced significant public health challenges as unregulated quantities of low-grade Indian commercial salt entered markets via porous international border routes. Data from the Salt Trading Corporation Limited branch office in Birtamod indicated a clear downturn in domestic sales, drop-shipping from 45,734 quintals during the prior calendar period down to 41,906 quintals as of July 9. Health regulators issued tracking notices warning that smuggled non-iodized bulk brands often fall way below the statutory 15 ppm consumer safety threshold mandatory for preventing chronic metabolic and developmental thyroid disorders.

Bilateral Food and Beverage Trade Forum Concludes

Kathmandu Metropolitan City hosted the Nepal-India Food and Beverage Forum 2026 AD, focusing on improving cross-border supply chains and scaling agricultural investments between the two neighboring nations. Organized by the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry alongside the House of Rajkarnikar, the interactive convention functioned as a primary curtain-raiser for the upcoming International Food Exhibition scheduled for September 11-13, 2026 in Varanasi, India. Delegations from the hospitality, agribusiness, and trade logistics fields reviewed border compliance frameworks and established supply agreements to ease the export of processed organic foodstuffs into broader subcontinental wholesale markets.

Karnali High Altitude Training Center Construction Begins with Rs 1 Billion

Patarasi Rural Municipality laid the physical foundation stone for the country’s first specialized sports facility, the Karnali High Altitude Training Center, situated at an elevation of 2,850 meters above sea level. According to the detailed project report drafted by rara engineering consultancy, full realization of the 21 independent athletic structures requires a capital budget of Rs 1.008 billion. The National Sports Council executed an initial phase contract valued at Rs 10.2 million on June 29 to begin extensive earthworks and site levelings.

Military Engineers Construct 20K Liter Water Asset in Nuwakot

Long-standing community water access problems following the completion of an advanced 20,000-liter clean drinking water reservoir tank inside the historic Nuwakot settlement. Financed and built entirely via technical teams from the Army out of the Singh Shardul Battalion garrisoned at the Aandhikhola Barracks, the rapid-impact neighborhood asset was finalized for Rs 650,000. The newly constructed concrete infrastructure was officially handed over to municipal distribution authorities on Monday, ensuring regular, clean domestic water supply lines for approximately 80 local households alongside hundreds of annual religious pilgrims visiting the local Kalabhairav Temple.

Insurance Pools Exceed Rs 1 Trillion as Premiums Hit Rs 223 Billion

The Nepal Insurance Authority announced that total gross sector asset pools climbed past Rs 1 trillion. During an official legislative briefing before the Parliamentary Finance Committee on Tuesday, regulators confirmed that 37 registered insurance firms collected a combined net premium volume of Rs 223 billion by the end of June 14. The financial sector now contributes 3.69 percent directly to the gross domestic product, outperforming the global baseline. Active policies reached 16,700,000 units, sustaining 13,000 corporate white-collar roles.

EU Delegation Inaugurates 22-MW Seti Khola Hydropower

The commercial commissioning of the 22-megawatt Seti Khola Hydropower Project built along the natural corridor of the Seti River. Constructed over an uninterrupted four-and-a-half-year timeline, the capital asset demanded a direct infrastructure investment of Rs 5,05 billion backed by international capitalization channels through the Dolma Impact Fund. The civil design channels river flows through a 3,106-meter headrace tunnel down to dual 11-megawatt generation turbines. The project formally commenced test synchronized feeding into the Lekhnath-Damauli 132 kV national transmission grid on June 29.

Gumukhola Small Hydropower Commences Mechanical Drills

Engineering teams launched dry testing procedures at the newly completed 990-kilowatt Gumukhola Small Hydropower Project in Dolakha. Promoted by Gumukhola Bhakure Hydroelectric Private Limited, the generation plant finished baseline wet pressure testing across its upstream headworks, intake gates, and the 2,000-meter high-pressure penstock alignment. Total capitalization costs for the project rose from an initial projection of Rs 210 million up to a final balance of Rs 250 million. Commercial output will be channeled directly into the Nepal Electricity Authority sub-station located four kilometers away in Singati.

Chitwan District Capital Projects Expenditure Trails Below 60%

Chitwan District concluded its regional physical planning audits with an aggregate budget execution rate of just 58.41 percent out of total development outlays. Financial ledgers from the District Treasury Comptroller Office noted that out of Rs 10.218 billion received for capital modernization projects, merely Rs 5.969 billion was explicitly disbursed. Local planners attributed the delayed capital development outlays to extreme under-bidding by contractors who ultimately abandoned physical milestones. Conversely, recurrent municipal administrative allocations performed robustly, logging expenditures of Rs 13.503 billion.

Teams Mobilize to Launch Hetauda Textile Factory Trial Production

Hetauda witnessed structural progress toward national industrial revival as the ministry-appointed task force officially submitted its operational blueprint to kickstart trial runs at the long-dormant Hetauda Textile Industry. Backed by an upfront treasury release of Rs 3.3 million managed via military engineering channels, a specialized engineering regiment completed baseline warehouse cleanups and mechanical overhauls. The technical roadmap dictates that the production lines must commence pilot fabric weaves within two months. Concurrently, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure submitted a Rs 5 million structural estimation to rehabilitate decaying factory columns.

Reliance Spinning Mills Confirms Expiration of Share Lock-In

Structural textile giant Reliance Spinning Mills Limited announced that the mandatory regulatory holding period for its institutionally allocated equity shares will expire on July 17. Abiding by rule 25(C) of the Securities Registration and Issuance Regulation, 2016, the mill had previously frozen 40 percent of its public offering amounting to 770,640 ordinary shares out of 1,926,600 issued units exclusively for qualified corporate buyers. Following its initial listing on the Nepal Stock Exchange back on February 13, the six-month lock-in restriction officially terminates.

Gold Trade at Rs 284,000; Silver at Rs 4,360

The prices of gold and silver have decreased in the market today. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the price of gold has dropped by Rs. 1,200 per tola (11.66 grams) today, fixing the price at Rs. 284,000. On Monday, gold was traded at Rs. 285,200 per tola. Similarly, a slight decline has been recorded in the price of silver as well. Today, the price of silver has decreased by Rs. 15 per tola, trading at Rs. 4,360. On Monday, silver was traded at Rs. 4,375 per tola.