NEW DELHI -- A year on, earthquake-shattered Nepal announced on Tuesday the downgrading of its growth forecast for the year ending July 15 to just 0.77% from a hoped-for 2% -- its weakest performance since 2002.
"A major factor in the downgrade is the border blockade with India," Pramodraj Regmi, a spokesperson for the Central Bureau of Statistics, told the Nikkei Asian Review on Wednesday.
