header banner
ECONOMY, Latest Updates

Minister Aryal urges for investment on productive sectors

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Aryal has urged the people involved in the field of cooperatives to invest in productive sectors.
By RSS

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Aryal has urged the people involved in the field of cooperatives to invest in productive sectors.


Addressing a programme organized to mark the 9th anniversary of Nepal Cooperatives Journalists' Society in the capital on Thursday, Minister Aryal asserted that the scheme of 'one municipality-one agro farm' should be promoted via cooperatives. She recalled that she had launched the scheme from Syangja district sometime ago. 


Related story

Investment Board collaborates with KPMG to promote investment p...


Currently, the total capital investment of the cooperatives across the country stands at Rs 700 billion. There are 35,000 cooperatives, providing employment to some 65,000.


At the programme, Chairman of the National Federation of Cooperatives, Keshab Badal, stressed the need for amending the Cooperatives Act 2074.

Related Stories
POLITICS

PM Dahal directs Chief Secretary Aryal to take lea...

POLITICS

Aryal appointed press advisor to PM

SOCIETY

Mainali and Aryal appointed as advisors to PM Oli

Editorial

Ensure follow-up for increased FDI

ECONOMY

Nepal Investment Summit 2019-Nepal aims at 30 bn U...