KATHMANDU:

Inaugurating Cottage Industry Trade Fair 2008 here today, Asta Laxmi Shakya, Minister for Industry, said the new industrial policy would give due reagard to cottage industries. Federation of Nepalese Cottage and Small Industries president Ang Tendi Sherpa called for a separate policy for cottage industries. The federation has over 30,000 members. The five-day exhibition has 135 stalls. — HNS