Global Money Week launched

The 12th edition of Global money week (GMW) 2024 has kicked off from Sunday with the slogan ‘Protect your money, secure your future.’ The Global Money Week is being observed in the month of March every year to generate awareness about proper use of money and its importance in our society.

Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of the country, amidst a programme organized the launching of GMW through the National Launch Event in Kathmandu on Sunday in collaboration with Nepal Insurance Authority, Securities Board of Nepal and Department of Cooperatives. The event was participated in by more than 500 students from class 7 to 12 from seven different schools of Kathmandu. Governor of NRB Maha Prasad Adhikary on the occasion said that the event was organized with the aim of spreading financial literacy among the general public. “We should make effective financial literacy campaign in order to attain the objective of financial inclusion. He also urged all the stakeholders to organize awareness campaign across the nation mainly targeting children and youths for successful launching of the GMW. Financial inclusion cannot be attained until and unless people from all sectors of society have access to banking and financial services, he pointed out.