StockEducation

Official sources

Five Nepali regulators decide almost everything about how the share market works. This is what each of them controls, and a direct index of 127 documents they have published.

These are links, not copies.

A regulation changes and the regulator’s copy changes with it. A mirror on this site would go stale quietly, and someone would act on the old version. Every link below goes to the source, so what you read is what is currently in force.

SEBON

Securities Board of Nepal

Regulates the securities market: brokers, issues, disclosure and fees.

Every rule that governs how you buy a share in Nepal starts here — who may act as a broker, what a company must disclose, how an IPO is allotted, and what a trade costs. When a fee or a rate changes, this is where the change is published first.

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80 published documents

NRB

Nepal Rastra Bank

The central bank. Sets monetary policy and regulates banks and financial institutions.

Banks and financial institutions make up a large share of NEPSE's market capitalisation, so an NRB directive can reprice much of the market at once. Its financial-literacy publications are also the only official investor education in Nepali.

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9 published documents

NIA

Nepal Insurance Authority

Regulates life and non-life insurance companies.

Life and non-life insurers are two of NEPSE's sub-indices. Solvency rules and product approvals published here set what those companies are allowed to earn.

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35 published documents

MoF

Ministry of Finance

Publishes the national budget and the annual Economic Survey.

The budget sets tax rates — including capital gains tax on shares — and the Economic Survey is the most complete published picture of the economy the market trades on.

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3 published documents

DoED

Department of Electricity Development

Licenses hydropower survey, generation and transmission projects.

Hydropower is one of NEPSE's largest sectors. This is the pipeline behind it: which projects exist, how large they are, and how far along they are — years before any of it shows up in a listed company's results.

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NEPSE

Nepal Stock Exchange

The exchange itself: listing, trading and settlement.

Trading hours, circuit limits, the settlement cycle and the list of licensed brokers all come from the exchange. Its site is a JavaScript application, so it cannot be indexed here — go to it directly.

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The hydropower pipeline

46 projects applied for or licensed with the Department of Electricity Development, totalling 8,732 MW. Hydropower is one of NEPSE’s largest sectors, and this is what sits behind it years before any of it reaches a listed company’s results.

ProjectCapacityRiverApplied
Mugu Karnali Storage HEP1,902 MWKarnali2080-03-13
Uttarganga Storage Hydropower Project828 MWUttar Ganga2076-03-17
Dudhkoshi Storage HEP600 MWDudhkoshi2080-05-04
Upper Marsyangdi -2600 MWMarsyangdi2068-06-25
Phukot Karnali HEP480 MWKarnali2079-02-25
Kimathanka Arun HEP454 MWArun2079-03-06
Nalsyau Gad Storage HEP417 MWNalsyau2079-08-16
Humla Karnali 2 HEP335 MWHumla Karnali2079-12-26
Upper Bheri PROR HEP325 MWThuli Bheri2080-06-017
Upper Mugu Karnali HEP306 MWMugu Karnali2080-10-26
Bheri-1 HEP270 MWBheri2080-02-14
Humla Karnali 1 HEP235 MWHumla Karnali2079-12-26
Surke Dudhkoshi HEP188 MWDudhkoshi2079-11-21
Adhikhola Storage HEP180 MWAdhikhola2077-03-17
Dudhkoshi-6 HEP171 MWDudhkoshi2077-11-14
Mugu Karnali HEP159.6 MWMugu Karnali2079-08-02
Begnas- Rupa Storage HEP150 MWBegnas - Rupa2079-07-20
Namlan Khola HEP135 MWNamlan2075-08-13
Lower Seti (Tanahu) HEP126 MWSeti Khola (Gandaki)2079-07-03
Jagdulla A HEP124.4 MWBheri2082-03-17
Upper Chuwa Lurupya Khola PRoR HEP110.2 MWChuwa, Lurupya2081-08-27
Dudhkoshi V HEP110 MWDudhkoshi2082-07-02
Chuwa Khola Cascade HPP98.2 MWChuwa Khola2080-10-03
Dudhkoshi Storage (with Dam - Toe Powerhouse) Hydropower Pro70 MWDudhkoshi2081-07-14
Mathillo Simbuwa Khola HEP40 MWSimbuwa Khola2079-10-25
Ikhuwa Khola HEP40 MWIkhuwa Khola2080-01-05
Upper Apsuwa HEP35.2 MWApsuwa2080-04-14
Middle Ghunsa HEP30.2 MWGhunsa Khola2081-11-25
Upper Trishuli-I Cascade HEP24.6 MWTrishuli Ganga2080-02-07
Super Inkhu Khola HEP24.4 MWInkhu2079-07-28
Upper Inkhu Khola HEP24.2 MWInkhu2079-08-01
Upper Ruru Banchu Khola HEP23.9 MWRurubanchu Khola2080-09-25
Apsuwa I HEP23 MWApsuwa2079-08-26
Upper Nyasem A HEP21 MWNyasem Khola2079-05-05
Mathillo Chhumchhum Gad Hydropower Project10 MWChhumchhum gad2082-03-20
Isuwa PRoR Cascade -2 Hydropower Project10 MWIsuwa Khola2082-11-13
Lower Inkhu HEP9.8 MWInkhu2080-06-10
Nisi Khola HEP8.8 MWNisi2079-10-19
Taksu Khola HEP7.1 MWTaksu2080-04-28
Lower Mewa Khola Hydropower Project6.6 MWMewa Khola2082-06-31
Mathillo Maya Khola Hydropower Project5 MWMaya Khola2083-03-31
Api Naugad HEP4.8 MWNaugad2081-09-19
Chadaha Khola HEP4.5 MWChadaha2082-11-01
Sirsagad Small HEP2.5 MWSirsagad2082-04-06
Selang SHP1 MWSelang2071-09-23
Garjan Khola Small HPP0.9 MWGarjan Khola2080-04-18

Dates are as published, in Bikram Sambat. An application is not a built project and not a listed company — most of this pipeline will take years, and some of it will never be built.