KATHMANDU, May 16: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Ramesh Rijal, has insisted on industrial infrastructure development and maximum utilization of natural resources to promote domestic production for advancing towards a self-sufficient economy.

MAHOTTARI, May 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Ramesh Rijal, has urged the local governments to attach high priority to skill development and market promotion.

CHITWAN, May 5: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Ramesh Rijal has claimed that the government has highly prioritized resolving the entrepreneurs' problems.

KAILALI,Feb 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Damodar Bhandari has said the government was moving ahead with the determination to transform the national challenges into opportunities.

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The Janamat Party is going to send Abdul Khan, senior vice chairman of the party, to become the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies.

KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has expressed commitment to immediately introduce a relief and rescue package for landslide survivors in Darchula.

KATHMANDU, July 31: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has said the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) will not be privatized.

KATHMANDU, July 13: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Dilendra Prashad Badu has stated that there is a need to be vigilant in order to improve the country's economic situation.

KATHMANDU, April 22: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has directed the authority concerned to make market monitoring effective.

KATHMANDU, April 7: A delegation from Nepal-India Chambers of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) led by Officiating President of NICCI, Sunil KC, along with Vice President Saibal Ghosh, Director General Keshab Man Singh, and Deputy Director Marshal Rathour paid a courtesy call on Arjun Prasad Pokharel, Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has approved the resignation of Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Gajendra Bahadur Hamal on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Newly-appointed Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Gajendra Bahadur Hamal, who has been accused of becoming a minister from the quota of Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JB Rana, has said that he will submit his resignation to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today.

NEPALGUNJ, Oct 9: Gajendra Hamal, a long-time Nepali Congress member from Banke district, has succeeded in becoming the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies even though he does not hold any active position in the party. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba appointed him as a minister on Friday. It is rumored that Hamal was recommended for the post of a minister by Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Rana who has already denied this allegation.

KATHMANDU, April 27: Buyers have started to rush to their nearest retail stores to purchase daily essentials citing the possible shortage and excessive price hike after the government enforced prohibitory order to be effective from Thursday. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies said there is adequate food in stock.

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS) has been delaying to increase the quota of gold import, exacerbating shortage of the yellow metal in the market. The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) had written the ministry six months ago proposing to raise the daily import quota to 25 kg to meet rising demands.