KATHMANDU: Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat has said the government is working to ease the share market adding that there are different reasons behind the ongoing bearish trend in the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE).
Responding to the concerns about the Ministry of Finance on Thursday's House of Representative (HoR) meeting, Minister Mahat stated that the government was serious about introducing a policy and structural reforms in the share market to make the share transaction transparent.
Minister Mahat said every citizen was free to invest in the share market as per his/her capacity, and added that such investment could not be termed unfair.
"The government is putting its vigilance on the share market to check that no one gets deceived or could establish a monopoly," said Minister Mahat.
Meanwhile, the finance minister said that the country's economy was improving and different measures were being taken to control revenue leakage.
