Gen Z were among the worst affected by corruption

In the last fiscal year for which we have record, more than Rs3 trillion was lost to corruption and Rs1.5 trillion was laundered from Nepal.

Leaders of the Gen Z movement cited high levels of corruption as one of their big motives for hitting the streets. The protests on Sept 8 and 9 were a success and as a result a new government is in place. The Post ’s Biken K Dawadi sat down with the president of Transparency International Nepal, Madan Krishna Sharma, to discuss the situation of corruption in Nepal, the link between youths and corruption and the kind of corrections needed to curb corruption.