JANAKPURDHAM, JULY 27
Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu said the government was conducting feasibility study to revive Janakpur Cigarette Factory.
Talking to mediapersons after inspecting the factory, which is defunct at present, Minister Badu informed that the government would take decision after conducting studies on modalities for re-operating industries that had been shut own across the country.
According to him, he was making on-site visit of the factory as part of government's plan to re-operate closed industries.
The government, he added, aimed to reduce trade deficit by substituting imports in cooperation with the private sector and to increase productivity and create job opportunities.
The minister said he arrived here to take stock of Janakpur Cigarette Factory and the condition of its machinery, as well as its assets. He was accompanied by Madhes Province Minister of Physical Infrastructure Development Ram Saroj Yadav and provincial government employees, among others.
A discussion on how re-operate Janakpur Cigarette Factory programme was held among Minister Badu and provincial ministers today.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 28, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
