KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the government has put its collaboration with the private sector including the Confederation of Nepalese Industries in priority to resolve pressure and complexities facing the country’s economy.

During the meeting with newly elected office-bearers of CNI at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar today, Prime Minister Dahal shared the government has been receiving policy-level and practical suggestion directly from CNI for economic and industrial development and the government has put it in priority.

On the occasion, a team under the leadership of the newly elected President of CNI, Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, urged the government to build an environment to spend capital expenditure on time.

President Agrawal requested the government for representation of the private sector in the monitoring committee announced by the government for the successful implementation of the budget.

He stressed that a flexible monetary policy was necessary to achieve the six percent economic growth mentioned by the budget and to make the economy dynamic.

The CNI President asked the government to present itself strictly to control smuggling in order to promote domestic products and increase the revenue of the government.

He laid emphasis on the agreement related to power export and digital payment signed in the course of recent India visit of the PM should be implemented soon.

Vice-Presidents Birendra Raj Pandey, Amit More, Bhim Ghimire, and Director General Deepak Raj Joshi, among others were present on the occasion.