गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Feasibility study underway to re-operate Janakpur Cigarette Factory: Minister Badu Nepal Feasibility study underway to re-operate Janakpur Cigarette Factory: Minister Badu KathmanduPati July 27, 2022 KATHMANDU – Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu said that the government was conducting feasibility study to revive Janakpur Cigarette Factory in Janakpur. Talking to media persons after monitoring the factory that is defunct at present, Minister Badu further informed that the government would take decision after conducting studies on modalities to re-operate sick industries across the country. According to him, he was making on-site visit of the Factory as a part of government’s plan to re-operate sick industries. The government, he added, aimed to reduce trade deficit by substituting imports in cooperation of private sector and to increase productivity and creating jobs. The Minister said that he arrived here to take stock of the once very famous Factory and its machineries’ condition as well as its assets. He was accompanied by Madhesh Province’s Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development Ram Saroj Yadav and provincial government’s employees among others. A discussion programme between Minister Badu and provincial ministers is scheduled today itself on how to re-operate the Janakpur Cigarette Factory. Write your comments RELATED NEWS When Nepal Goes Offline US backs Nepal’s flood victim identification efforts India, Nepal discuss ties ahead of PM Shah’s visit Nepal must shift from exporting labour to global tech services,… Nepal’s child marriage rate falls to 28% but 2030 goal… Government backs efforts to build advertising sector as independent industry Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward7 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns8 TRENDING We need to be serious about the international scenario post-Covid: Dr. Nischal N. Pandey Lockdown 2.0: What the Government should do this time around This time’s Teej, social distancing please! Namrata is Miss Nepal 2020 The FinCEN Files: Nepali banks and companies transact billions of rupees through dubious channels Asheem Man Singh Basnyat: We can evolve as a company to better suit a post-covid world Nearly three dozen Chinese manufacturers show interest in supplying electric buses to Nepali government Tourism entrepreneurs get crash course in Chinese language