The government has formed a 30-members Industry, Commerce, Promotion Dialogue Council headed by the Prime Minister K P Oli to improve the country’s business sector.

The council has nine ex-officio members representing various trade and commerce umbrella organisations.

A Cabinet meeting on September 23 formed the panel whose sole objective is to interact, co-ordinate and build rapport between government, private and commercial sectors to identify and promote investment areas, increase productivity, create jobs, increase per capita income and to fulfil the objectives of national campaign ‘Prosperous Nepal and Happy Nepali’. As per the decision, ministers of industry, commerce and supplies; finance; energy; water resources and irrigation; and culture, tourism and civil aviation are members of the PM-led committee that would represent the government.