Talking Business, Talking Change
LOBBYING AND ENGAGEMENT Meeting with the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies at CNI
1st December, 2019
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provision of cash incentives on export, only
ndustry, Commerce and Supplies
to the limited items, this incentive needs to
Minister, Lekhraj Bhatta said the Ministry
be arranged based on the value addition for
is ready to cooperate as the guardian to
all the exports from Nepal. Similarly, deemed
solve the problems in the business industry.
export facility should be provided to the
Interacting with industrialists at CNI,
domestic industries to ensure their capacity
Minister Bhatta expressed his commitment
and quality of product, expressed President
to work with the private sectors to increase
More.
their contribution in manufacturing sector and domestic production. The Ministry would
Likewise, he urged the Minister not to
also cooperate to prioritize and diversify
overrule the facilities and incentives provided
goods in export. Likewise, the process of
to the industries by the Industrial Enterprise
facilitating the registration process of the
Act and any other Acts by the Fiscal Budget
company has already begun, said Bhatta.
and Annual Economic Act. In the context of
Welcoming the Minister, CNI President Satish
diversification of exports, the Nepal Trade
Kumar More said that during the tenure of
Integrated Strategy, designed to promote
the Minister Bhatta, he would provide his full
the export, needs to be reviewed to include
support on the behalf of the industrialists.
additional exportable goods on the basis of comparative advantage. Immediate Past
President More called for more promotional
President of CNI, Mr. Hari Bhakta Sharma
policies and programs to maintain the
suggested that the laws should be improved
enthusiasm in the export. As there is the
to make them industry-friendly, the quality
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