BARA: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Ramesh Rijal, has urged the local levels of Bara and Parsa districts to scrap tax imposed on raw materials.
Addressing a programme organised on the occasion of the 6th Establishment Day of Jitpursimara Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Jitpur, Simara on Saturday, Minister Rijal warned that the federal government would take necessary steps if the local levels do not remove scrap tax.
He mentioned that although industrialists and entrepreneurs pay income tax from their income, the local levels collect double tax even by levying integrated property tax, and urged the local levels to withdraw the decision of imposing double tax.
Minister Rijal shared, "The government has set a plan to run ruined industries in partnership with private sector attracting entrepreneurs at special economic zone by providing the land on rent at an affordable price.
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 Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Subodh Kumar Gupta; FNCCI Madhes Province President, Ashok Tamata, among others talked about the problems being faced by industries at the programme chaired by Jitpursimara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mohan Sharma Lamichhane.
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