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By Gopal Sharma

Nepal coalition to aim for growth if returned to power, finance minister says

FILE PHOTO: Nepal’s Finance Minister Janardan Sharma speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal's ruling coalition will provide incentives for exporters and lift import curbs as part of efforts to put the economy on a higher growth trajectory if it is returned to power in a general election next month, the finance minister said.

Led by the centrist Nepali Congress party and a group of former Maoist rebels, the five-party alliance, which has been in government since July last year, hopes to win voters' confidence in the Nov. 20 vote for the 275-member parliament.

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