Nepal, Aug. 9 -- Nepali Congress (NC) President Gagan Kumar Thapa has urged Prime Minister Balen Shah to take bold and potentially difficult decisions to reform loss-making public enterprises instead of highlighting marginal improvements as achievements.

Speaking at a meeting of the Nepali Congress Working Committee, Thapa recalled the decisions taken by the government led by then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala in 1991 to reform state-owned industries, saying the government at the time took political risks despite facing criticism.

According to Thapa, the government then collected around Rs 12 billion in revenue while spending nearly Rs 1 billion simply to cover losses of public enterprises.

He said the government at the time op...