Kathmandu: Nepal has exported electricity worth NPR 15 billion (approximately INR 9.37 billion) since the beginning of the fiscal year 2025–26 in mid-July, as electricity continues to emerge as one of the key export commodities of the Himalayan republic.

In a press statement, the Secretariat of Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Kul Man Ghising said that the country has earned the amount by selling around 1000 megawatts (MW) of electricity — primarily to India and a smaller quantity to Bangladesh.

The statement was issued following Minister Ghising’s visit to the Load Dispatch Centre of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned sole power utility, after several hydropower projects were damaged by recent floods and landslides.

Nepal has been selling its sur

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