US government assessment of Nepal's foreign investment climate covering openness, legal regime, property rights, taxation treaties, labour and corruption; page last published 15 June 2026.

Company Registrar's page for the Nepali text of the Companies Act, 2063 including the amendment of 2081/12/17 BS (about March 2025); no English version on the page.

Peer-reviewed literature review in BIC Journal of Management (September 2025, CC BY 4.0) on Nepal's startup ecosystem, covering incubators, public-private partnerships and university links.

IRD listing of the VAT Act, 2052, newest version amended by the Finance Act 2082 (posted 18 Poush 2082); an English 1996 (2052) text and schedules are listed too.

Indian Embassy page for IN-SPAN, which runs cohorts for Nepali startups; lists the first cohort's closing (Jan 2026) and the second cohort's announcement and application link (May-Jun 2026).

Journal article (Kanya Journal, December 2025) analysing Nepal's payment system from mid-July 2022 to mid-July 2025, including wallets, QR payments and a more than 23-fold rise in PSP agents.

ADB's April 2026 outlook with a Nepal analysis PDF; ADB's 10 April 2026 release projects Nepal's growth at 2.7% in FY2026 and 5.0% in FY2027.

TU's incubator in Kirtipur with pre-incubation, incubation, mentoring and co-working; has an online application form and posts entrepreneurship programme notices in Nepali and English.

UNFPA Nepal page for the National Statistics Office's 614-page results report of the 12th census, released 24 March 2023, with a PDF link and the census data portal.

Journal article (July 2024) using secondary data to map Nepal's agritech startup segments and players, with challenges and policy recommendations; licence terms not stated on the page.

Nepal Law Commission page for the Electronic Transactions Act, 2063 (2008); the title is in English but the Act text on the page is in Nepali.

IMF press release of 8 June 2026 on Nepal's Article IV consultation and final ECF review, estimating FY2025/26 growth at 3.0% and projecting 5.3% for FY2026/27.

WIPO Lex entry for Nepal's patent, design and trademark law; the English PDF is the 2006 version, the Nepali text is newer (amended to Feb 2016).

IRD listing of the Income Tax Act, 2058, newest version amended by the Finance Act 2082 (posted 18 Poush 2082); older versions and an English 2002 (2058) text are also listed.

IFC report dated May 2025 on digital financial services in Nepal, opening with a message from the Nepal Rastra Bank governor on digital payments and access to finance.

Nepal Rastra Bank's 20-page English guidelines for a fintech regulatory sandbox: definitions, eligibility, application and testing phases; published by the Payment Systems Department on 18 June 2026.

WIPO Lex entry with the English text of Nepal's Copyright Act, 2059 (2002), as amended up to 24 November 2006; later amendments are not in this text.

English translation of Nepal's Privacy Act (Act 14 of 2075, authenticated 18 Sep 2018) on privacy of person, home and documents and handling of personal data, with a Nepali PDF alongside.

ILO study (15 March 2023) mapping the entrepreneurship ecosystems of Kathmandu and Pokhara for young women and men, with obstacles and proposals for stronger support.

ADB and SASEC report (July 2026) on Nepal's digital payments: interoperable payment systems, digital identification, small business adoption, skills gaps and cross-border trade; free PDF available.

Technology Khabar report on the launch of GROWTHX Everest, an accelerator for high-potential tech startups and SMEs in Nepal created by CNI, Team Ventures, CNIYEF and Startup Reseau India.

NIPoRe analysis (published 25 June 2024, by Sagun Baba Shrestha) comparing Nepal's startup policy with other countries and tracing how startups entered Nepal's budgets, plans and policies over about a decade.

Asian Development Bank's Nepal country page with information on ADB assistance, economic data and analysis, resident mission contacts, news and publications.

Nepal Rastra Bank's archive of Financial Stability Reports.

Official site of Nepal's Industrial Enterprise Development Institute (Government of Nepal), covering trainings, business incubation centre orientation programmes, news, notices and downloads for industrial entrepreneurship development.

Joint initiative of the Nepal Institute for Policy Research (NIPoRe) and King's College Kathmandu to map, invest in and generate impact from Nepal's startup ecosystem; hosts articles on startup funding and policy.

World Bank's periodic Nepal Development Update, which reports on key economic developments and examines topics of policy significance.

Nepal Rastra Bank Payment Systems Department's Payment Systems Oversight Report for FY 2024/25 (63 pages), reviewing the country's payment technology (PayTech) landscape and the central bank's oversight of payment systems.

Official site of Nepal's Office of the Company Registrar. Its home page links to company registration and related services and the CAMIS online system, and its news section reports that a PAN is created automatically once company registration completes through CAMIS.

Unofficial English translation of Nepal Rastra Bank's Foreign Investment and Foreign Loan Management Bylaw, 2021 (including third amendment), issued by NRB's Foreign Exchange Management Department. Covers approval and recording of foreign-currency inflows for foreign investment, repatriation of investment and earnings, and foreign loans.

Official site of Nepal's Department of Industry. Its stated remit includes foreign investment and technology transfer matters and industrial property protection, and it publishes notices and laws such as the Industrial Enterprises Act, 2076.

Official site of the Office of the Board of Investment, Government of Nepal (International Convention Centre premises, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu), with Nepali and English language options.

UNEP Law and Environment Assistance Platform record for Nepal's Industrial Enterprises Act, 2076 (2020), with abstract: industries must be registered under the Act (Sec. 3) and industries listed in Schedule-1 need prior permission from the Board.

Nepal innovation and entrepreneurship organisation (a dividend-not-distributing company under the Companies Act 2063) running programmes such as National Idea Hunt, College Idea Hunt, Pratibha Dabali and Prabhu Idea Plus.

ADB Law and Policy Reform Program entry for Nepal's Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act, 2019 (dated 27 March 2019), with English translation downloads. The summary notes the Act lists restricted industries, permits foreign investment in others, and allows forms including establishing a venture capital fund.

Securities Board of Nepal's list of regulations (Nepali), including the Securities Issue and Trading Regulations for Small and Medium Organised Institutions, 2081 and the Securities Registration and Issue Regulation, 2073 (seventh amendment).

Official site of Nepal's Inland Revenue Department. Offers a taxpayer portal link, PAN search, tax clearance certificate verification, a tax calculator, and tax laws, directives and forms (income tax, VAT, excise), in Nepali and English.

English text of Nepal's Companies Act, 2063 (2006), authenticated 3 November 2006, hosted in the ICNL (International Center for Not-for-Profit Law) library, with the Act Amending Some Nepal Acts, 2064 noted.

Nepal Rastra Bank's archive of its Current Macro-Economic and Financial Situation publications.

WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2025, the 18th edition, measuring innovation performance across around 140 economies; the page offers a downloadable Excel dataset.