May 21, 2023
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India-Nepal Economic Partnership Summit to create deeper engagement

Speaking at the summit at Birgunj, Chief Guest Ramesh Rijal, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Nepal government, assured of the required policy interventions to improve the economic indicators…reports Asian Lite News

India-Nepal Economic Partnership Summit had been organized to create a uniquely important platform for discussing a forward-looking bilateral economic partnership agenda.

The Nepal SBI Bank Ltd (NSBL), Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI), Birgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), the Startup Network (TSN), and PHDCCI’s India-Nepal Centre organized the summit on Thursday in Birgunj, Nepal. The deliberations, supported by the decision-makers, were aimed at opening new avenues of business engagements and investments in the key sectors of the economy besides giving a much-needed boost to the trade near the crucial India-Nepal border at Birgunj, an economic hub of Nepal, according to a statement from PHDCCI India.

Among the key takeaways, creating a platform through joint action for deeper economic engagement between India and Nepal (with a focus on remittance, imports, exports, and Balance of Payment (BoP) challenges in Nepal), channelizing investment from India to Nepal and vice-versa and the re-establishment of the India-Nepal bilateral relations as the core strength of the sub-regional co-operation in South Asia were mentioned.

Other than these, the statement also mentioned creating a sustained convergence of industry and the government for thriving on the mutually beneficial India-Nepal bilateral relations in all crucial realms and bringing to notice the hidden potential in the Border Area Development Program (with a focus on connectivity) and paving the way for India’s major involvement in helping the infrastructural facelift of Nepal’s bordering districts in Bihar and making them the gateways of India-Nepal Trade Connection.

Discussion and ideation for making cluster-based economic zones across Nepal and further relaxation of the cross-border trade norms to secure and sustenance the greater economic engagements were among the takeaways.

While setting the tone of the Summit, the Session Chair Atul K Thakur, Nodal Coordinator, India-Nepal Centre, PHDCCI, reflected on the necessity for having a collaborative approach among the stakeholders in the government and industry to tap the potential and also cope with the challenges in post-pandemic times.

Shreejana Rana, President, NICCI profiled the fundamental changes that Nepal’s economy is witnessing and she stressed the need to further simplify the procedures of doing business between two countries that have a long shared past of working closely.

Speaking at the summit at Birgunj, Chief Guest Ramesh Rijal, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Nepal government, assured of the required policy interventions to improve the economic indicators.

Sushil Bhatta, CEO, Investment Board Nepal, gave an outline of the recent investments from the major Indian entities like NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVN) and Dabur– and welcomed the Indian investments citing the advantages Nepal has a friendly destination and with progressive investment policies for projects. (ANI)

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