Kathmandu. Former Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has questioned Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel about the manipulation of the interest group in the license of the new stock exchange. He questioned Finance Minister Poudel, saying that he was hesitating to issue licenses for limited intermediaries. In the meeting of the House of Representatives, he said, “I am seeing the Honorable Finance Minister. Matters have come from the Securities and Exchange Board of Nepal to restructure the Nepal Stock Exchange. But the restructuring is not happening. It seems that he is hesitating to issue licenses for the new stock exchange. Interest groups have shown their interests in this. The people know. The Nepal Stock Exchange should be restructured and made sustainable. And when the day comes, arrangements should be made to go to the private sector through competition. The public is vigilant about this.” Former Minister Pun has been saying that middlemen have proposed the Securities and Exchange Board of Nepal (SEN) chairman and the new stock exchange license. Regarding the permission for new stocks, former Prime Minister and CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushkamal Dahal had said that the government was going to grant permission for new stocks in the interests of middlemen, a … Continue reading Varshaman asked Finance Minister Poudel, “Why did you hesitate to give stock licenses to vested interests?”