The government has recommended more than Rs 9 billion in foreign currency for telecommunications equipment imports and bandwidth payments in fiscal year 2081/82, with approvals made through the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA). The recommended total comprises Rs 3.54 billion for importing equipment required for telecommunications services and Rs 5.55 billion for bandwidth payments. Together, the two amounts come to Rs 9.09 billion, putting the total above the Rs 9 billion mark.
How the recommended amount is divided
The larger portion of the recommendation is for bandwidth, at Rs 5.55 billion. The remaining Rs 3.54 billion is intended for equipment imports. These are separate categories of foreign currency requirements associated with telecommunications services: one covers bandwidth payments, while the other is for importing equipment. The figures provided identify the purpose and amount of each recommendation, rather than combining them under a single, unspecified telecom expense.
The equipment recommendation represents the funding set aside for imports needed for telecommunications services during the fiscal year. The bandwidth recommendation covers payments for bandwidth. Neither figure changes the reported combined total: adding Rs 3.54 billion and Rs 5.55 billion gives Rs 9.09 billion. The government’s recommendation therefore exceeds Rs 9 billion by Rs 90 million, based on the stated amounts.
- Telecommunications equipment imports: Rs 3.54 billion
- Bandwidth payments: Rs 5.55 billion
- Combined recommended amount: Rs 9.09 billion
NTA’s role and what the figures show
The recommendations were approved through the Nepal Telecommunications Authority, which is identified as the channel through which the foreign currency recommendations were made. The reported action concerns recommendations for foreign currency required for the two specified purposes in fiscal year 2081/82. The available information does not provide a further breakdown of the equipment to be imported, the bandwidth arrangements covered, or the individual organisations associated with each amount.
The figures should be read as recommended and approved amounts for the stated requirements, not as confirmation that all the equipment has already been imported or that every bandwidth payment has already been made. The information provided does not describe the timing of any imports or payments, nor does it set out how the total will be spent over the full fiscal year. It establishes the scale of the foreign currency recommendations and how they are divided between equipment and bandwidth.
A total above Rs 9 billion
The two recommendations together amount to Rs 9.09 billion. Bandwidth payments account for Rs 2.01 billion more than the equipment-import recommendation, making bandwidth the larger of the two categories. The breakdown makes clear that the government’s total is not a single allocation for imports alone: it includes both equipment purchases from abroad and bandwidth payments.
For fiscal year 2081/82, the recommendation covers the foreign currency needs identified for these telecommunications-related purposes. The headline total is more than Rs 9 billion, while the component figures show the distinction between the Rs 3.54 billion for equipment and the Rs 5.55 billion for bandwidth. No additional amounts or purposes are included in the reported total.
