August 6: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Ramesh Rijal, has urged the local units of Bara and Parsa districts to scrap tax imposed on raw materials in the name of scrap tax.    
Addressing a programme organised on the occasion of 6th establishment day of Jitpursimara Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Jitpur of Simara on Saturday, Minister Rijal warned that the federal government would take necessary step if the local units do not remove scrap tax.    
He mentioned that although industrialists and entrepreneurs pay income tax from their earnings, the local level collects double tax even by levying integrated property tax. Therefore, he urged the local bodies to withdraw the decision of imposing double tax.    
Minister Rijal shared that the government is planning to run ruined industries in partnership with the private sector.

“The government also has plans of attracting entrepreneurs to special economic zone by providing land on rent at an affordable price,” said the minister.  
He further said that the land could be provided free of cost to establish export-oriented industries.    
Similarly, President of Birjung Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Anil Kumar Agrawal, President of Nepal India Cooperation Forum, Ashok Das, Central Committee member of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries, Dr Subodh Kumar Gupta, FNCCI Madhes Province President, Ashok Tamata, among others talked about the problems faced by the industries during the programme chaired by Jitpursimara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mohan Sharma Lamichhane. -- RSS