PM Balendra Shah Holds Talks With Top Business Leaders on Investment
Summary
Prime Minister Balendra Shah met top private-sector leaders to discuss investment promotion, infrastructure development, job creation and policy reforms. He pledged to support domestic investment and FDI, and said the government could change laws if existing rules block investment.
Key Points
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah held a nearly two-hour meeting with leading private-sector representatives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
- Business leaders raised concerns over procedural delays, investment barriers and weakening business confidence.
- Shah said the government could introduce new laws if existing provisions obstruct investment and reaffirmed support for domestic investment and FDI.
- The meeting also touched on roads, bridges, electricity, medical and nursing education, universities, hospitals and industrializing agriculture.
