Kathmandu. On the occasion of Global Money Week 2026, Nepal Insurance Authority, Karnali Province Office conducted a financial literacy programme targeting undergraduate students at various campuses in Surkhet. The program was organized at Shubh Hotel in Birendranagar. <\/p>\n
The organization, which has been running annually since 2012 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)<\/em>, is celebrating the 14th edition of Global Money Week 2026 with the slogan Smart Money Talks from March 16 to 22, 2026. In this context, the Nepal Insurance Authority (NEA) has organized the program. <\/p>\n The program was chaired by Nil Prasad Lamichhane, chief of Nepal Insurance Authority’s Karnali Province Office. <\/p>\n In the program, presentations were made about the introduction and history of Global Money Week, importance of financial literacy among youths, appropriate means of saving and investment for students, useful tips on financial management, basic concept of insurance, types, needs and importance of insurance, introduction and objectives of Nepal Insurance Authority and current status of insurance sector of Nepal. Assistant Directors of the NRA, Bipana Panthi and Bhim Bahadur Majhi, had briefed about the same. <\/p>\n Similarly, NEA Deputy Director and Karnali Province Office Chief Nil Prasad Lamichhane said that insurance is an effective means to ensure financial protection in case of loss and insurance policy. <\/p>\n The students who participated in the program inquired about the reasons for low access to insurance in proportion to the population of Karnali Province, home insurance and health insurance, among others. Responding to the queries, Mayor Lamichhane said financial knowledge would help an individual to develop skills, positive attitude and practical capacity, adding that financial resources should be mobilized judiciously. <\/p>\n Around 100 students from various faculties of Mid-Western University, Amardeep Campus, Sahara Campus and Surkhet Multiple Campus participated in the program. The program was conducted and facilitated by Bishwo Raj Bhattarai, Assistant First of Nepal Insurance Authority. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kathmandu. On the occasion of Global Money Week 2026, Nepal Insurance Authority, Karnali Province Office conducted a financial literacy programme targeting undergraduate students at various campuses in Surkhet. The program was organized at Shubh Hotel in Birendranagar. The organization, which has been running annually since 2012 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":291243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45159,45099],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-regulatory-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291246,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291245\/revisions\/291246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/291243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}