Kathmandu, April 18 -- The government plans to dangle 148 potential projects, with nearly Rs900 billion worth of ready-to-go projects, before foreign and domestic investors at the third edition of the Nepal Investment Summit slated for April 28-29.

A top official at Investment Board Nepal said that among the projects, 21 are ready-to-go projects that have already secured a government nod. These projects are ready and the government will invite potential investors to submit the expression of interest from the spot during the two-day summit.

Most are hydropower projects, with 1,902 MW Mugu Karnali storage hydro project, whose cost has yet to be estimated, being the biggest, followed by 1,216 MW Khimti Thoshe Shivalaya storage hydro projec...