Kathmandu, Oct 17 (RSS): The Ministry of Industry on Monday organized an orientation programme targeting 21 local bodies’ chiefs, deputy chiefs and executive officers of three districts in Kathmandu valley.
The programme titled ‘An Orientation on Entrepreneurship Development and Small Industry Development Model’ was organized on the occasion of the International Poverty Eradication Day.
Inaugurating the prgramme, Industry Minister Sunil Bahadur Thapa shared that the Ministry was working out to employ the youth in income generating sectors by curbing their out migration.
Similarly, Secretary Shankar Prasad Koirala said that the Ministry was prioritizing to generate the employment opportunities in the country basically by targeting the youth and women.
Addressing the programme, UNDP Nepal Country Director Renaud Meyer shared that the small entrepreneurship development programme running for 19 years under the Ministry was playing key roles in eradicating poverty.
Speaking in the same programme, Australian Ambassador to Nepal Peter Budd said that the programme was improving the lifestyle of people living below the poverty line.
On the occasion, Joint Secretary at the Industry Ministry Pradeep Koirala and Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation Suresh Pardhan presented their separate working papers.
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