Kathmandu, May 6: A delegation headed by president of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal Jiptshering Lama met Finance Minister Mahesh Acharya at his office recently.
On the occasion, the delegation demanded that arrangement be made for deducting 1.5 per cent as income tax while making payments, all provisions concerning value added tax (VAT) implemented in all offices and arrangement made for allowing the District Comptroller’s Offices to register tax in districts where VAT offices have not been established yet.
The delegation also demanded that arrangements should be made for imposing only one per cent tax in tripper trucks and other spare parts, customs duty waived on utility vehicles to be imported by contractors once in ten years and the practice of getting works done through users’ committees removed.
A delegation of the Nepal Chamber of Commerce Rajesh Kaji Shrestha met vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission Pritivi Raj Ligal recently and discussed matters relating to increasing private sector participation in overall development of the country.
on the occasion NPC Vice Chairman Ligal said that His Majesty’s Government has pledged to move ahead with the private sector.
Expressing the view that the private sector could help the government by providing suggestions to be included in the budget of the Fiscal Year 2000/2001 in time, Mr Ligal said that the NPC would take positive steps to solve the problems encoutered by the industry, trade and export promotion sectors.
His Majesty’s Government has plans for making reforms in revenue and financial transactions, Mr Ligal said, expressing confidence that necessary suggestions would be received from the Nepal Chamber of Commerce for improvements in the private sector.
President of the Nepal Chamber of Commerce Rajesh Kaji Shrestha said that the commitment made by the government to move ahead with the cooperation of the private sector would have a positive impact on the overall economic prosperity of the country.
Stressing the need to formulate a long term policy and make amendments in existing laws and regulations for expansion of industries and trade as well as to attract joint investments, Mr Shrestha informed the NPC vice chairman about the problems faced in promotion of exports, implementation of financial institutions, industrialisation and the private sector and hoped that His Majesty’s Government would take necessary steps to overcome them.
Meanwhile in Kankerbhitta, Minister of State for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Narendra Bikram Nemwang inaugurated the consumers’ store of Mahendranagar Cooperatives and Unveiled the Cooperative’s Souvenir-2057 B.S. at a function here recently.
On the occasion, Mr Nemwang said that the responsible politicians should rise above political and selfish interests and unite to uplift the living conditions of the rural people.
At the function chaired by chairman of the Cooperatives Krishna Prasad Uprety, Mayor of Mechinagar Robin Koirala, president of the District Cooperative Association Tulsi Dhakal, chairman of Bahundangi VDC Nilkantha Tiwari, Agriculture Development Officer Dwarika Prasad Dahal. Chairman of Multipurpose Cooperative Ramchandra Uprety, chairman of the Water Users’ Committee Buddhinath Paudel, NC No. 3 regional president Ram Kattel, secretary of the CPN-UML Mechinagar Committee Kul Prasad Tiwari, Dilli Ghimire of CPN-ML and Gauri Lal Shrestha of RPP threw light on various aspects of the cooperatives.
On the occasion, minister of state Nemwang handed over wheel chairs to Mitha Thapa of Mechinagar and Hira Devi Neupane of Chandragadi on behalf of NC Mechinagar Committee.