The firms, individuals and organizations across Nepal are demonstrating their commitment to combat the coronavirus spread in the country.<\/p>\n
According to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), the \u2018Coronavirus Control and Treatment Fund\u2019 initiated by Nepali Government has received a total of NPR 207.31 million until March 30, 2020.<\/p>\n
The contributions are as follows-<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier, the Nepali Government has initiated the fund and urged the local companies, organizations and individuals to contribute for the same.<\/p>\n The government has set an account at Rastriya Banijya Bank Ltd (Account Number: 196000001101<\/strong>) for the fund and itself has pledged to contribute NPR 500 million.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In a bid to encourage private organizations, the government has announced that it will waive off tax payments who will contribute to the fund.<\/p>\n Moreover, in order to restrict the irregularities from the unchecked collection of funds, the government has banned the initiation of separate funds for COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n It ordered the organizations who have already initiated separate funds to hand over their collections to the government\u2019s fund within seven days.<\/p>\n\n