UML claims to aggrandize GDP worth Rs 100 trillion

CPN-UML has made public its election manifesto claiming to aggrandize the Gross Domestic Production (GDP) to Rs 100 trillion in the next five years.

Currently, Nepal’s GDP is worth Rs 48 trillion. The party has aimed at reaching the Per Capital Income of Nepali people to USD 2,400 within the next five years, the party said.

The manifesto launched at a program here today has set a target to primarily reach the economic growth rate of five percent and then make it double-digit within five years. The party has also claimed to develop the Nepali economy as an emerging economy of the globe.

Among other agendas put forth by the manifesto include granting approval within seven days of the submission of an application for the registration of industry and enterprises, developing agriculture and forest, industry, tourism, energy, information technology, and infrastructure as the catalytic force of the economic growth, among others.