Written by: Shreejal khatri - 2022024, Grade XI
Posted on: 23 June, 2021
In Nepal as well know we have got no international purchasing system.This is a one problem in Nepal as people are unable to purchase the goods and services online. Even if they have money to do so, there is no source available to purchase. There are many international epaying systems, such as PayPal which is the world's most popular online purchasing system. It is just like the e-sewa we have in Nepal but through e-sewa only the goods within Nepal can be purchased.
According to Nepal Rastra Bank there is no such thing as PayPal for online purchasing. Recently they have made the Dollar card system from which we can purchase international stuff and spend international currency. But still not many people are registering for the dollar card because not many people think it as a requirement but that is for the previous generation as they did not have much knowledge about these things. Nowadays most of the people want to buy stuff online such as Netflix , Spotify Premium or discord nitro. These stuff are only purchasable either through credit card or PayPal. There is another way to make these purchases as well, like if we have some relatives living abroad then we can use their credit card or PayPal and use the money and deposit the amount of money taken out of their account. But this applies if there is a person living in foreign country where there are these systems.
People are eager to make purchases. They also want the things and enjoyment that the others are having but sadly in our country it is still not very popular. People mostly try to make fake credit cards and try to download it through illegal and pirated sites which is predictable because if there is no source of purchasing then of course people are gonna look out for alternative things. People of Nepal are still waiting for PayPal to be valid.
I think the government should make even a more good and trustable source for online purchase as from Dollar it is said we can deposit up to 500$ with money. Doing that will make people's lives easier as they won’t have to be forced to use illegal methods or constantly go to the banks to deposit money which also saves a lot of their time. In conclusion, it is really important and the government should do something about this situation as soon as possible.
