February 29: Private sector organisations have submitted suggestions for the amendment to the e-commerce bill. The organisations submitting suggestions include the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), American Chamber of Commerce Nepal, and Nepal Association for Software and IT Services Companies.    
A joint delegation of the three organisations visited Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, and Chairperson of the Education, Health and Technology Committee of the Federal Parliament, Bhanu Bhakta Joshi, separately, and submitted the suggestions.    
The team comprising president of the Information Technology Council of CNI, Ajit Bikram Shah, met Minister Sharma on Tuesday and urged to be clear on major issues including definition of the bill, responsibility of the parties involved in e-commerce, provision of punishment and access to international market.    
On the occasion, the delegation requested the government to create a conducive environment for large-scale investment in information technology sector by investors based in Nepal.    
Minister Sharma shared that the government was actively involved in formulating necessary laws, including those related to information technology and cyber security. She urged the private sector to prepare projects related to information technology sector to present in the upcoming investment summit and also urged them to provide written suggestions to the government. -- RSS