NCC to cooperate with local govt to generate employment

Kathmandu: President of the Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) Rajendra Malla has said that they will cooperate with the local level for youth employment generation and entrepreneurship development.

Speaking at a program organized by Mahottari Chamber of Commerce in Bardibas today, President Malla said that youth should be prevented from fleeing by creating employment in the country.

President Malla said that the Nepal Chamber of Commerce would like to work with all local levels to promote the use of natural resources, skills learned abroad for the development of youth entrepreneurship and self-reliant economy in Nepal.

‘It is necessary for the government to make policy arrangements to encourage the skills of the youths returning from abroad by collecting their data. The government has announced in the budget to provide land on lease for 50 years. An industrial village can be built by integrating the skills of the youth,’ he said.

President Malla also said that the district chamber would cooperate for the marketing of sugarcane, fruits and other consumer goods produced in Mahottari.

He also said that the chamber of commerce would take initiative to arrange a market for direct contact with farmers and consumers for the end of middlemen rule in the country.

In the context of extreme trade deficit in the country, President Malla said that maintaining the balance of payments is the biggest challenge.
President Malla said that import and export should be managed to maintain the balance of payments of the country.