गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Kathmandu metropolis has 95.5 per cent literacy Nepal Kathmandu metropolis has 95.5 per cent literacy KathmanduPati September 13, 2024 File Photo KATHMANDU – The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has recorded 95.5 per cent literacy. The metropolis has a population of 862 thousand and 400. Infrastructure development and physical progress of projects and programmes implemented in the Fiscal Year 2080/81 (2023-24) is recorded at 53 per cent, said Sumitra Lamichhane, Chief of the KMC’s Plan Monitoring and Evaluation Unit. Of the Rs 24 billion 198 million and 485 thousand budget allocated for this purpose in the last Fiscal Year, KMC spent only Rs 12 billion 345 million and 294 thousand. Rs 1 billion 565 million and 700 thousand has been spent on the projects and programmes implemented by the local levels, provincial and federal offices in Kathmandu in FY 2023/24. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Climate change could displace 40.5 million South Asians by 2050 PM Shah expresses commitment to making police organization capable Flood relief funds reach Rs 17.54 billion Landslide suspected as cause of deadly Budhi Gandaki flood Flood sweeps away six bridges, 10 people missing Flood sweeps away 35 homes in riverside villages Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward7 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns8 TRENDING Nepal Army’s mission in Lebanon provides Covid support kits to local municipalities Police make a woman public in connection to Gongabu murder case Asheem Man Singh Basnyat: We can evolve as a company to better suit a post-covid world Nepal Army opens investigation into case of captains thrashing soldier in Congo Govt Making Preparations to Reduce the Tenure of Armed Police Force’s IG to Three Years “Ranju Darshana: Government has been using superiority approach to handling pandemic” India-Nepal Bilateral Dialogue is the only way forward: Dr. Nihar Nayak The origins of MCC and its future in Nepal
